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PREFACE. 

No.  63,  Acts  of  1915,  granting  certain  license  fees  to  the 
trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund,  is  omitted  from  this 
compilation.      (See  foot-note,  at  page  30). 

See  also  Joint  Resolutions  Nos.  352  and  353,  relating  to 
the  school  fund  of  1S25  and  the  Huntington  fund,  respectively, 
not  included  herein. 


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CONTENTS. 

Subjects                                                                  Number  Page 

Boys'  and  Girls'  Agricultural  Exposition 265  55 

Deaf  and  Blind  Children 77  47 

.Elementary  Schools 64  5 

Feeble-Minded  Children 73  44 

Feeble-Minded  Children 78  48 

High  Schools  and  Vocational  Education 69  39 

Higher  Instruction 70  41 

Location  of  Schools 68  38 

Medical  Inspection 72  43 

Middlebury  College 80  50 

Normal  Schools,  Castleton  and  Johnson 66  37 

Normal  Schools,  Castleton 266  56 

Norwich  University 81  51 

Reader  on  Vermont  Resources 71  43 

School  Buildings 193  54 

School  Buildings,  Condemnation  of 195  55 

School  Directors 65  37 

School  Directors .  . ; 116  .  53 

School  Directors 117  54 

School  Houses   67  38 

State  School  of  Agriculture,  Randolph 74  44 

State  School  of  Agriculture,  Randolph 75  45 

University  of  Vermont 79  49 

Vail  Agricultural  School 76  45 


VERMONT  SCHOOL   LAWS. 
ACTS  OF  1915. 


TITLE  11. 

PUBLIC   INSTRUCTION. 

No.  64. 

AN  ACT  TO  CODIFY  AND  AMEND  THE  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL  LAWS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Part  I. 
Agencies  for  Administration. 

Chapter  1. 
state  board  of  education. 

Section  1.  Appointment.  The  public  educational  system 
of  the  state  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided  shall  be  under 
the  supervision  and  management  of  a  state  board  of  education; 
said  state  board  shall  consist  of  five  persons,  to  be  appointed  by 
the  governor,  one  of  whom  shall  be  designated  by  the  governor 
as  chairman.  Each  member  of  the  board  shall  hold  office  for 
five  years,  except  when  the  board  is  first  created  the  members 
shall  be  appointed  for  terms  ending  the  thirty-first  day  of  Jan- 
uary 1916,  1917,  1918,  1919  and  1920  respectively,  and  when  so 
appointed  the  board  of  education  as  now  constituted  shall  cease 
to  exist.  Thereafter,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  January 
annually,  one  member  shall  be  appointed  for  the  full  term  of 
five  years  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  February  next  follow- 
ing.    A  vacancy  in  said  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor. 

Sec.  2.  Disqualification;  removal.  The  governor  may,  after 
notice  and  hearing,  remove  a  member  of  said  board  for  incom- 
petency, failure  to  discharge  duties,  malfeasance,  immorality,  or 
other  cause  inimical  to  the  welfare  of  the  public  schools;  and,  in 
case  of  such  removal,  he  shall  appoint  a  person  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term. 

Sec.  3.  Organization;  meetings.  Said  board  shall,  at  stated 
times  and  places,  hold  at  least  four  regular  meetings  annually, 
and  shall  hold  special  meetings  at  such  times  and  places  as  its 
chairman  may  appoint  and  as  its  business  and  the  proper  per- 


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formance  of  its  duties  in  the  administration  of  the  school  laws 
may  require.  The  chairman  shall  call  a  special  meeting  upon 
the  written  request  of  any  two  members.  The  office  of  the  com- 
missioner of  education  shall  be  the  office  of  said  board. 

Sec.  4.  Compensation.  The  members  of  said  board  shall 
receive  four  dollars  per  day  for  actual  time  spent  and  their 
necessary  expenses,  and  the  provisions  of  section  6195  of  the 
Public  Statutes  and  amendments  thereof  shall  apply  to  said 
members. 

Sec.  5.     Duties.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board; 

(a)  To  employ  a  trained  and  skillful  executive  officer  to  be 
called  the  commissioner  of  education;  and  fix  his  salary. 

(b)  Through  the  commissioner  of  education  and  his  assist- 
ants to: 

1.  Prepare  uniform  courses  of  study  for  all  elementary 
schools; 

2.  Prepare  courses  of  study  to  be  given  in  teacher  training 
classes  and  normal  schools; 

3.  Prepare  courses  of  study  to  be  given  in  the  state-aided 
departments  of  high  schools; 

4.  See  that  the  laws  for  the  effective  operation  of  schools 
are  enforced; 

5.  Supervise  the  expenditure  of  all  state  money  expended 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  to  inspect  all  institutions  in 
which  or  by  which  such  money  is  used  and  to  prepare  a  budget 
for  said  expenditures; 

6.  Provide  a  method  whereby  the  people  throughout  the 
state  may  be  informed  as  to  educational  conditions  and  oppor- 
tunities within  the  scope  of  public  instruction,  and  for  such  other 
educational  publicity  as  may,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  con- 
tribute to  the  enlightenment  and  well-being  of  the  citizens  of 
the  state; 

7.  Provide  for  all  proper  educational  gatherings,  institutes, 
summer  schools,  and  other  like  supplementary  educational  activ- 
ities and  for  co-operation  with  the  free  public  library  commission; 

8.  Locate  and  establish,  without  expense  to  the  state,  a 
central  normal  school  or  school  of  education  whenever  suitable 
buildings,  or  adequate  funds  for  the  erection  of  the  same,  are 
provided  by  private  gift  or  bequest; 

9.  Receive  and  use  money  from  private  persons  or  from 
educational  or  benevolent  funds  either  for  individuals,  local 
institutions,  or  for  schools  in  a  supervision  district,  or  for  general 
educational  purposes  throughout  the  state,  provided  in  its  judg- 
ment such  use  is  consistent  with  the  best  interests  of  the  state. 

Sec.  6.  Regulations.  Said  board  shall,  through  the  com- 
missioner of  education  and  his  assistants,  make  and  promulgate 
regulations,  proper  and  necessary  for  the  execution  of  its  powers 
and  duties  and  of  the  powers  and  duties  of  all  officers  under  its 
supervision  or  control. 


Sec.  7.  Report.  Said  board  shall  present  to  the  general 
assembly,  at  the  opening  of  each  biennial  session,  a  report  of  its 
official  acts,  for  the  two  school  years,  ending  on  the  thirtieth  day 
of  June  next  preceding,  showing  in  detail  the  condition  and 
progress  of  all  educational  work,  and  the  expenditure  of  school 
moneys  and  moneys  appropriated  or  given  for  educational  pur- 
poses within  its  supervision  or  control,  with  such  recommenda- 
tions for  changes  and  improvements  as  it  deems  proper. 

Sec.  8.  Commissioner  of  education.  The  chief  executive 
officer  of  said  board  shall  be  the  commissioner  of  education,  who 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  for  an  indefinite  term,  and  be 
subject  to  removal  only  upon  a  majority  vote  of  the  entire  board. 
Said  commissioner  shall  be  a  person  of  special  training  and  expe- 
rience in  educational  work,  and  shall  be  the  secretary  of  the  board. 

Sec.  9.  Reports.  Said  commissioner  shall  make  full  reports 
to  said  board  concerning  the  public  educational  system,  in  such 
detail  and  at  such  times  as  the  board  may  direct,  together  with 
such  recommendations  as  he  deems  proper  for  the  promotion  of 
the  educational  interests  of  the  state. 

Sec.  10.  Inspectors;  clerks,  etc.  Said  board  shall  employ 
such  inspectors,  clerks,  lecturers,  and  other  officers,  and  may 
publish  and  distribute  such  books  and  circulars  of  educational 
information  as  it  deems  proper. 

Chapter  2. 

town  system  of  schools. 

Sec.  11.  Town  to  constitute  a  district.  A  town  shall  con- 
stitute a  district  for  school  purposes,  and  the  division  of  a  town 
into  school  districts  shall  no  longer  exist. 

Sec.  12.  Town  clerk  to  act  as  district  clerk,  when.  The  town 
clerk,  in  case  the  offices  of  clerk  and  prudential  committee  are 
vacant  in  a  district  whose  financial  affairs  are  not  settled,  may 
warn  a  meeting  of  such  district  as  a  resident  district  clerk.  Said 
clerk  or  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  shall  attend  such  meet- 
ing and  preside  over  the  same  until  a  moderator  is  elected. 

Sec.  13.  Voters,  when  disqualified.  The  voters  in  a  dis- 
trict incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly  shall 
not  vote  in  town  meetings  for  the  officers  of,  nor  upon  any  mat- 
ters pertaining  to,  the  schools  of  the  town. 

Sec.  14.  School  property.  A  town  shall  take  charge  of  its 
school  houses  and  property  belonging  thereto,  and  all  debts  out- 
standing that  have  accrued  for  the  purchase  of  land,  erection 
of  school  houses  and  repairs  thereon  shall  be  audited  and  paid  by 
the  town. 

Sec.  15.  Ballots,  when  used.  In  towns  having  more  than 
four  thousand  inhabitants,  the  school  directors  shall  be  voted  for 
upon  a  separate  ballot  deposited  in  a  separate  ballot  box. 


Sec.  16.  Women  may  vote  and  hold  office.  Women,  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  shall  have  the  same  right  as  men  to  vote  on 
matters  pertaining  to  schools  and  school  officers  and  to  hold 
elective  and  appointive  offices  relating  to  school  affairs.  This 
section  shall  not  be  construed  as  requiring  the  payment  of  poll 
taxes  by  women. 

Sec.  17.  Taxes.  A  town  may  raise  a  tax  on  its  grand  list 
to  purchase  or  hire  lands  or  buildings  for  school  purposes,  and  to 
build,  repair  or  furnish  school  houses  that  may  be  needed  for  such 
town. 

DIRECTORS. 

Sec.  18.  Election;  term  of  office.  Each  town  shall  have  a 
board  of  school  directors  consisting  of  three  citizens  of  the  town, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  town 
and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  three  years,  beginning  the 
first  day  of  July  following,  and  until  a  successor  is  elected. 

Sec.  19.  Vacancies.  The  selectmen  may  temporarily  fill 
a  vacancy  in  the  board  of  school  directors  until  an  election  is  had, 
and  a  record  thereof  shall  be  made  in  the  town  clerk's  office. 

Sec.  20.  Oath;  chairman.  School  directors  shall  be  sworn, 
and  shall,  on  or  before  the  third  day  of  July,  annually,  elect  one 
of  their  number  chairman,  and  file  a  certificate  of  his  election  for 
record  in  the  town  clerk's  office  within  five  days. 

Sec.  21.  Duties.  The  board  of  school  directors  shall  have 
the  care  of  the  school  property  of  the  town  and  the  management 
of  its  schools,  keep  the  school  houses  suitably  repaired  and 
insured,  have  authority  to  designate  the  schools  which  shall  be 
attended  by  the  various  pupils,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
superintendent,  and  make  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  law 
as  to  carrying  the  powers  granted  them  into  effect.  Said  board 
shall  also,  unless  otherwise  provided,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  act  as  to  competency  in  number  and  convenience  in  instruc- 
tion, determine  the  number  and  location  of  schools.  Said  board 
shall  also,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  employ  teachers 
and  fix  their  compensation.  Said  board  shall  examine  claims 
against  the  town  for  school  expenses,  and  draw  orders  for  such 
as  shall  be  allowed  by  them,  payable  to  the  party  entitled  thereto. 
Such  orders  shall  state  definitely  the  purpose  for  which  they  are 
drawn. 

Sec.  22.  Liability.  If  a  board  of  school  directors  cause  or 
allow  a  payment,  not  authorized  by  law  to  be  made,  each  member 
thereof  so  causing  or  allowing  such  payment  shall  be  liable  to  the 
town  for  the  money  so  paid,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this 
statute. 

Sec.  23.  Appropriations.  Said  board  shall  annually  rec- 
ommend in  writing  to  the  town  the  amount  of  money  necessary 
to  be  appropriated  for  the  use  of  schools. 


Sec.  24.  Statement  of  expenditures.  Said  board  shall  an- 
nually, on  or  before  the  fifth  day  of  July,  prepare  its  report  to  the 
town  containing,  on  forms  prescribed  and  furnished  by  the  state 
board  of  education,  a  classified  statement  under  oath  of  the 
actual  cash  expenditures  of  the  town  for  the  preceding  school 
year  for  school  purposes.  Said  report  shall  be  prepared  in 
duplicate  and  shall  be  returned  to  the  town  clerk  and  to  the 
state  board  of  education  respectively;  and  no  town  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  any  portion  of  school  moneys  distributed  by  the 
state  unless  such  returns  are  made. 

Sec.  25.  Accounts.  On  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  Febru- 
ary, annually,  the  school  board  of  the  town  shall  prepare  an  item- 
ized and  classified  statement  of  its  expenditures  for  the  twelve 
months  ending  on  the  last  day  of  January  preceding  a  statement 
of  the  amount  of  moneys  on  hand,  a  written  statement  of  the 
conditions  and  needs  of  the  schools,  and  shall  submit  to  the  town 
auditors  these  statements,  together  with  a  recommendation  of 
the  amounts  of  money  needed  for  the  following  school  year  and 
a  copy  of  the  certificate  given  it  bjT  said  auditors,  and  said 
auditors  shall  include  such  statements,  recommendations,  and  a 
copy  of  certificate  in  their  report  to  the  town;  and  no  other  audit 
or  report  shall  be  required.  No  school  director  shall  receive 
compensation  for  his  services,  or  be  eligible  to  hold  said  office 
for  the  year  ensuing,  if  he  neglects  or  refuses  to  have  his  own 
account  as  school  director  or  the  account  of  said  board  audited 
as  herein  provided. 

Sec.  26.  Compensation.  The  compensation  of  school  di- 
rectors, which  shall  be  paid  by  orders  drawn  by  said  board,  shall 
be  such  sum  as  the  town  votes  at  the  annual  town  meeting  in 
payment  for  services  rendered  in  the  performance  of  their  duties; 
and  their  accounts  shall  be  audited  at  the  time  of  auditing  the 
school  account  of  said  board. 

CLERK. 

Sec.  27.  Appointment;  compensation.  The  board  of  school 
directors  shall  appoint  a  clerk,  who  shall  serve  until  his  successor 
is  appointed  and  shall  be  paid  upon  the  order  of  said  board. 

Sec.  28.  Directors  to  act  as,  when.  In  case  of  the  absence, 
disability  or  neglect  of  the  clerk,  his  duties  shall  be  performed  by 
the  board  of  school  directors. 

Sec.  29.  Records  and  returns.  Said  clerk  shall  keep  a  per- 
manent record  of  the  proceedings  of  said  board,  and  shall  make 
such  returns  on  such  prescribed  forms  as  the  state  board  of  edu- 
cation may  require. 

Sec.  30.  List  of  children  of  school  age.  Said  clerk  shall 
annually,  between  August  first  and  August  fifteenth,  prepare, 
on  forms  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of  education,  an  accurate 
list  containing  the  name  and  date  of  birth  of  each  child  of  school 
age  residing  in  the  town,  the  name  of  the  parent  or  other  person 


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having  control  of  such  child,  and  such  other  facts  as  the  state 
board  of  education  may  prescribe.  Said  clerk  shall  keep  such 
list  on  file  and  make  such  report  therefrom  as  the  state  board  of 
education  may  require.  Upon  presentation  of  the  certificate  of 
the  superintendent  that  said  list  has  been  prepared  as  required 
by  this  section,  said  clerk  shall  be  paid  by  the  town,  for  preparing 
such  list,  four  cents  for  each  person  of  school  age. 

Sec.  31.  Principals  to  make.  The  trustees  of  incorporated 
schools  shall  cause  their  principals  to  return  to  the  commissioner 
of  education,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  annually,  answers 
to  the  statistical  inquiries  addressed  to  them  by  said  commis- 
sioner. 

Sec.  32.  False  information;  penalty.  If  a  person  having 
control  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  six  and  eighteen  years 
refuses  to  give  the  clerk  information  as  to  the  age  of  such  child, 
or  falsely  states  the  same,  he  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty 
dollars. 

Sec.  33.  Designation  of  school.  Immediately  upon  com- 
pleting such  list,  said  clerk  shall  furnish  a  list,  with  names  in 
alphabetical  order  and  the  date  of  birth  of  each  child,  to  the 
board  of  school  directors.  Before  the  opening  day  of  each  session, 
said  board  shall,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  superintendent, 
designate  the  school  each  child  shall  attend,  and  shall  furnish  the 
superintendent  a  list  of  the  children  of  school  age  in  town,  with 
names  in  alphabetical  order,  the  date  of  birth,  and  the  school 
designated  for  each  child.  Said  board  shall  also,  at  the  same 
time,  furnish  the  teacher  of  the  school  so  designated  a  list  of  the 
children  required  to  attend  such  school  during  the  ensuing  session 
together  with  the  date  of  birth  of  each  child;  and  said  teacher  shall 
inscribe  on  the  sheet  in  the  register  of  such  school  the  names  and 
dates  of  birth  so  furnished. 

Chapter  3. 
supervision. 

Sec.  34.  Appointment  of  superintend e?its.  The  state  board 
of  education  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable  appoint  a  sufficient 
number  of  superintendents  who  shall  be  trained  educators  to 
insure  a  reasonable  supervision  of  all  public  schools  within  the 
state;  they  shall  designate  the  schools  over  which  each  superin- 
tendent shall  have  supervision  and  shall  make  regulations  gov- 
erning the  powers  and  duties  of  such  superintendents. 

Sec.  35.  Tenure.  The  term  of  office  of  superintendents 
shall  be  indefinite;  and  the  state  board  of  education  shall  provide 
regulations  with  a  view  to  the  stability  of  the  tenure  of  super- 
intendents, and  relating  to  their  removal,  transfer  and  promo- 
tion, and  to  the  filling  of  vacancies. 

Sec.  36.  Reports.  A  superintendent  shall  annually  on  or 
before  the  fifth  day  of  July  submit  to  the  board  of  school  directors 


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of  each  town  a  report  of  his  services  within  the  town,  with  infor- 
mation as  to  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  schools  therein  under 
his  charge;  and  such  report  may  be  printed  and  distributed  by 
said  board.  Said  superintendent  shall  report  at  least  once  a 
week  to  the  commissioner  of  education,  on  blanks  to  be  furnished 
by  said  commissioner,  stating  what  schools  he  has  visited  during 
the  week,  the  number  of  hours  spent  in  each,  the  quality  and 
kind  of  work  being  done  by  the  teachers  in  such  schools,  and  such 
other  facts  as  the  commissioner  may  require. 

Sec.  37.  Salaries.  The  salaries  of  superintendents  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  state  board  of  education  and  shall  be  paid  by  the 
state,  except  that  a  town  or  incorporated  district  having  twenty- 
five  or  more  legal  schools,  may  appoint  its  own  superintendent, 
at  a  salary  of  not  less  than  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  the  state  shall 
pay  to  such  town  or  incorporated  district  twelve  hundred  dollars 
and  an  additional  sum  equal  to  one-half  of  the  excess  of  salary 
so  paid,  provided  that  the  state  shall  in  no  case  pay  to  such  a 
town  or  incorporated  district  toward  the  salary  of  its  superin- 
tendent more  than  two  thousand  dollars. 

(a)  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  so  far  as  they  relate  to 
the  appointment  and  tenure  of  office  of  superintendents  of  schools 
shall  not  apply  to  towns  or  incorporated  districts  having  twenty- 
five  or  more  legal  schools,  except  as  such  towns  or  districts  by  a 
majority  of  their  school  directors  vote  otherwise. 

(b)  Superintendents  of  schools  other  than  those  appointed 
by  the  state  board  of  education  shall,  in  the  absence  of  special 
legislation  relating  thereto,  be  elected  by  the  school  directors  of 
the  several  towns  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner  as  the  by-laws 
of  such  school  directors  provide;  and  the  salaries  of  such  super- 
intendents and  their  tenure  of  office  shall  be  fixed  by  the  school 
commissioners  and  the  salaries  paid  by  the  town  except  as  here- 
tofore provided. 

Sec.  38.  Regional  or  state  meetings.  The  state  board  of 
education  shall  provide  for  regional  or  state  meetings  of  super- 
intendents; and  superintendents  shall  attend  such  meetings  and 
shall  be  allowed  their  actual  necessary  expenses. 

STATE    SUPERVISORS. 

Sec.  39.  Employment;  compensation.  The  commissioner 
of  education  shall,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  state  board  of 
education,  employ  such  number  of  trained  and  capable  state 
supervisors  as  said  board  may  authorize,  whose  compensation 
shall  be  fixed  by  said  board  and  paid  by  the  state. 

Sec.  40.  Duties  of  supervisors.  Said  supervisors  shall  act 
under  the  direction  of  the  commissioner  of  education,  and  in 
sections  of  the  state  designated  by  him;  but  their  work  shall  not 
be  restricted  to  any  particular  section,  and  their  field  of  oversight 
shall  be  changed  frequently.  Said  supervisors  shall,  co-operating 
with  the  superintendent  and  supplementing  his  work,  spend  their 


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time  in  the  schools,  assisting  the  teachers  and  demonstrating 
proper  methods  of  instruction;  and  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  the  commissioner,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  state 
board  of  education,  may  prescribe. 

Part  II. 

Public  Schools. 

Chapter  1. 

classification  and  courses  generally. 

Sec.  41.  Restoration  of  public  schools  in  rural  communities. 
Every  town  shall  have  a  competent  number  of  public  schools  and 
so  located  as  to  afford  convenient  instruction  to  youth.  When 
six  or  more  residents  of  any  community,  having  eight  or  more 
pupils,  petition  the  selectmen  of  the  town  or  the  aldermen  of  a 
city  for  the  establishment  of  a  rural  school  in  said  community, 
the  selectmen  or  aldermen  shall,  within  ten  days  after  the  receipt 
of  such  petition,  call  a  special  town  meeting,  duly  warned,  and 
the  question  of  establishing  such  rural  school  shall  be  decided  by 
a  majority  of  the  voters  at  said  town  meeting.  The  public 
schools,  other  than  secondary  schools,  are  hereby  divided  into 
the  following  classes: 

1.  Kindergartens,  which  shall  mean  schools  into  which 
children  under  six  years  of  age  may  be  received,  and  which  may 
be  established  hy  the  board  of  school  directors  at  the  expense  of 
the  town; 

2.  Elementary  schools,  which  shall  mean  schools  having  an 
eight  or  nine  year  course  or  courses  of  study,  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  pupils  between  the  ages  of  six  and  sixteen  years. 

Sec.  42.  Courses.  The  state  board  of  education  shall,  as 
soon  as  practicable  but  not  later  than  July  1,  1916,  prepare  and 
promulgate  uniform  courses  of  study,  including  instruction  in 
good  behavior  and  citizenship,  for  the  elementary  schools,  which 
shall  be  followed  until  superseded  by  courses  thereafter  promul- 
gated by  said  board. 

Sec.  43.  Elementary  schools;  numbers,  quality  and  locations. 
Elementary  schools  shall  be  competent  in  number,  and  of  such 
quality  and  so  located  as  to  furnish  adequate,  reasonable  and 
convenient  opportunity  for  pupils.  Said  board  of  school  directors 
may  re-locate  or  consolidate  the  schools  within  their  respective 
towns  as  the  interest  of  convenience  and  efficiency  may  require, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided.  In  the  exercise  of  the 
powers  given  in  this  section,  strict  observance  of  the  constitu- 
tional requirements  as  to  competency  in  number  and  location 
shall  be  observed. 

Sec.  44.  Subjects.  The  courses  prescribed  for  pupils  in 
elementary  schools  shall  include  instruction  in  good  behavior, 
reading,  writing,  spelling,  English  grammar,  geography,  arith- 


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metic,  free-hand  drawing,  citizenship,  the  history  and  constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States,  and  elementary  physiology  and  hygiene, 
with  special  reference  to  the  effect  of  alcoholic  drinks  and  narcotics 
on  the  human  system,  and  shall  also  include  special  instruction 
in  the  geography,  history,  constitution  and  principles  of  the 
government  of  Vermont,  and  such  other  subjects  including 
manual  training  and  domestic  science  as  in  the  judgment  of  the 
state  board  of  education  are  appropriate  to  the  needs  of  the 
children  of  this  state. 

Chapter  2. 

school  tear  and  school  term. 

Sec.  45.  School  year,  term,  etc.  The  school  year  shall  com- 
mence on  the  first  day  of  July  and  end  on  the  last  day  of  June 
following.  In  public  schools,  not  less  than  thirty-four  weeks 
shall  constitute  a  school  year.  The  school  directors  shall  have 
power  to  make  regulations  dividing  the  school  year  into  terms  by 
way  of  weeks  and  fixing  the  number  of  hours  that  shall  constitute 
a  day  session  and  the  number  of  days  that  shall  constitute  a  school 
week. 

Sec.  46.  School  term.  Each  elementary  school  shall  be 
maintained  for  at  least  thirty-four  weeks  in  a  school  year.  If  any 
school  shall  be  closed  by  reason  of  the  prevalance  of  any  conta- 
gious disease  or  by  the  school  directors  with  the  approval  of  the 
superintendent,  the  time  during  which  such  school  is  closed  shall 
be  counted  in  determining  whether  such  school  has  been  main- 
tained for  the  requisite  number  of  weeks  during  the  school  year. 

Chapter  3. 

School  Age,  Attendance  and  Discipline, 
legal  pupils. 

Sec.  47.  Definition.  The  words  "legal  pupils"  shall  in- 
clude persons  between  the  ages  of  six  and  eighteen  years,  but  no 
person  who  has  become  eighteen  years  of  age  shall  be  deprived 
of  public  school  advantages  on  account  of  age.  No  child  under 
six  years  of  age  shall  be  received  into  any  public  school,  except 
a  kindergarten  at  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term  unless  such  child 
shall  become  six  years  of  age  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  next 
January;  and  no  child  between  the  ages  of  six  and  eight  years 
shall  be  received  into  a  public  school  after  the  beginning  of  the 
fall  term  without  the  consent  of  the  superintendent. 

Sec.  48.  Residence.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act  the  resi- 
dence of  a  child  shall  follow  the  residence  of  the  parent  or  guard- 
ian, except  that  in  special  cases  the  school  directors  may  exercise 
discretionary  power  in  the  matter  of  payment  of  tuition. 

Sec.  49.  Same.  The  school  directors  shall  determine  the 
place  of  residence  of  a  pupil,  but,  in  case  of  a  dispute  as  to  the 
same,  an  appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  commissioner  of  education 
whose  decision  shall  be  final. 


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ATTENDANCE. 


Sec.  50.  Requirements.  A  person  having  the  control  of  a 
child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen  years  shall,  unless 
such  child  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  so  to  attend,  or  is 
otherwise  being  furnished  with  the  same  education,  or  has  com- 
pleted the  elementary  school  course,  or  is  legally  excused  from 
attending  school,  cause  such  child  to  attend  a  public  school 
continuously  for  the  full  number  of  days  for  which  said  school 
is  held;  and,  if  the  school  in  which  said  child  is  a  pupil  is  held  for 
more  than  one  hundred  seventy  days  during  such  school  year, 
shall  cause  such  child  to  continue  in  school,  unless  excused  in 
writing  by  the  superintendent.  In  computing  said  one  hundred 
seventy  days,  holidays  and  other  days  allowed  teachers  by  law 
shall  be  included. 

Sec.  51.  Same.  If  a  person  having  control  of  a  child  who 
has  b,ecome  sixteen  years  of  age  allows  such  child  to  be  enrolled 
as  a  pupil  in  a  public  school,  he  shall  cause  such  child  to  attend 
such  school  regularly  throughout  the  term  in  which  he  is  so  en- 
rolled, unless  he  is  mentally  or  physically  unable  to  continue,  or 
is  excused  in  writing  by  the  superintendent;  and  in  case  of  such 
enrollment,  such  person,  and  the  teacher,  child  and  superintend- 
ent shall  be  under  the  laws  and  subject  to  the  penalties  relating 
to  the  attendance  of  children  between  the  ages  of  eight  and 
sixteen  years. 

Sec.  52.  Excused  when.  If  a  child  has  completed  the  eight 
or  nine  year  elementary  course  or  has  reached  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  and  has  completed  the  first  six  years  work  in  said  elementary 
school,  he  may  be  excused  by  the  superintendent  from  further 
attendance  if  his  services  are  needed  for  the  support  of  those 
dependent  upon  him,  or  for  any  other  sufficient  reason. 

Sec.  53.  Non-attendance,  superintendent  to  be  notified.  In 
case  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen  years,  who  is 
not  excused  or  exempted  by  law  from  attending  school,  fails  to 
enter  such  school  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  or,  being  enrolled, 
fails  to  attend  the  same,  or  in  case  a  child  who  has  become  sixteen 
years  of  age  becomes  enrolled  in  a  public  school  and  fails  to  at- 
tend, the  teacher  shall  forthwith  notify  the  superintendent,  and 
the  truant  officer  of  the  town,  unless  said  teacher  is  satisfied  upon 
information  that  the  child  is  absent  on  account  of  sickness. 

DUTIES    OF    SUPERINTENDENT. 

Sec.  54.  Non-attendance  of  pupils.  Said  truant  officer 
shall,  upon  receiving  such  notice,  forthwith  inquire  into  the  cause 
of  the  child's  non-attendance;  and,  if  he  finds  that  the  child  is 
absent  without  cause,  he  shall  give  written  notice  to  the  person 
having  control  of  the  child  that  the  child  is  absent  from  school 
without  cause,  and  also  notify  such  person  to  cause  the  child  to 
attend  school  regularly  thereafter.    After  receiving  such  notice, 


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if  the  person  having  control  of  the  child  fails,  without  legal 
excuse,  to  cause  the  child  to  attend  regularly,  the  truant  officer 
shall  forthwith  enter  a  complaint  to  the  town  grand  juror  of  the 
town  in  which  said  person  resides,  or  to  the  state's  attorney  of 
the  county,  who  shall  prosecute  said  person. 

Se£  55.  Same.  A  superintendent  may,  and  the  truant 
officer  shall  stop  a  child  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen 
years,  or  a  child  who  has  become  sixteen  years  of  age  and  has 
become  enrolled  in  a  public  school,  not  excused  or  exempted  by 
law  from  attending  school,  wherever  found  during  school  hours, 
and  take  him  to  the  school  which  he  should  attend. 

Sec.  56.  Medical  examination.  If  a  person  having  con- 
trol of  a  child  represents  to  the  superintendent  that  the  child  is 
mentally  or  physically  unable  to  attend  school,  and  the  super- 
intendent has  reason  to  believe  that  the  representation  is  untrue, 
he  shall  investigate  and,  if  upon  such  investigation  he  deems  it 
advisable,  shall  request  the  health  officer  of  the  town  or  a  compe- 
tent physician  to  examine  the  child  and  report  his  mental  or 
physical  condition  to  said  superintendent;  and  the  expense  of 
such  examination  shall  be  paid  from  the  school  funds  of  the  town. 

Sec.  57.  Complaints.  If  a  superintendent  or  truant  officer 
has  reason  to  believe  that  a  person  having  control  of  a  child  has 
violated  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  forthwith  enter 
a  complaint  to  the  grand  juror  of  the  town  in  which  said  person 
resides,  or  to  the  state's  attorney  of  the  county,  and  furnish  him 
the  evidence  upon  which  such  complaint  is  based,  and  said  grand 
juror  or  said  state's  attorney  shall  prosecute  said  person;  and  in 
such  prosecution  the  complaint,  indictment  or  information  shall 
be  deemed  sufficient  if  it  states  that  the  respondent,  (naming 
him)  having  the  control  of  a  child  of  school  age,  (naming  him) 
neglects  to  send  said  child  to  school  as  required  by  law. 

Sec.  58.  A  person  acting  as  truant  officer  shall  be  reim- 
bursed for  all  expense  incurred  in  the  performance  of  his  duties 
and  shall  receive  two  dollars  per  day  for  time  actually  spent 
unless  otherwise  provided,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  orders  drawn 
by  the  school  board. 

Sec.  59.  Overseer  of  poor  notified.  If  a  person  having  the 
control  of  a  child  of  school  age  notifies  the  superintendent  that 
he  is  unable  to  provide  the  child  with  suitable  clothing  for  school 
attendance,  or  if,  upon  inquiry  into  the  child's  non-attendance, 
the  superintendent  is  satisfied  that  he  is  not  properly  clothed  and 
that  said  person  is  unable  to  provide  suitable  clothing  for  him,  he 
shall  notify  the  overseer  of  the  poor,  who  shall  at  once  provide 
necessary  clothing  for  the  child. 

Sec.  60.  Instruction.  The  board  of  school  directors  may 
receive  into  the  schools  under  its  charge  non-resident  pupils, 
under  such  terms  and  restrictions  as  it  deems  best;  and  money 
received  for  the  instruction  of  such  pupils  shall  be  paid  into  the 
school  fund  of  the  town. 


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Sec.  61.  Same.  A  child  residing  in  the  vicinity  of  a  school 
in  an  adjoining  town,  who  can  be  better  accommodated  in  such 
school,  may  demand  the  privileges  of  the  same.  The  tuition 
shall  be  paid  from  the  school  money  of  the  town  in  which  said 
pupil  is  a  resident;  provided,  however,  if  the  parent  of  said  child 
is  a  taxpayer  in  such  adjoining  town  each  town  shall  pay  such 
portion  of  the  tuition  as  the  tax  paid  by  said  parent  in  each  town 
bears  to  the  total  tax  paid  by  said  parent  in  both  towns.  The 
tuition  paid  shall  not  be  greater  than  the  cost  per  pupil  per  week 
for  the  maintenance  of  such  school,  provided  that  the  same  does 
not  exceed  one  dollar  per  week. 

Sec.  62.  Authority  over  non-resident  pupils.  A  superin- 
tendent of  a  school  in  which  a  non-resident  pupil  is  in  attendance 
upon  school  shall  have  the  same  authority  and  jurisdiction  over 
such  non-resident  pupil  and  the  person  having  control  of  such 
pupil  as  in  the  case  of  resident  pupils. 

PENALTIES. 

Sec.  63.  Truancy.  A  child  enrolled  in  a  public  school 
who  is  guilty  of  wilful,  continued  and  incorrigible  truancy,  or 
moral  delinquency,  may  be  sentenced  to  the  Vermont  industrial 
school  or  other  institution  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  thirty- 
six  weeks. 

Sec.  64.  Neglect  of  official  duty.  A  superintendent,  truant 
officer  or  an  overseer  of  the  poor,  who  refuses  or  neglects  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  65.  Generally;  jurisdiction.  A  person  who  violates 
a  provision  of  this  chapter  shall,  unless  otherwise  provided,  be 
fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars, 
which  shall  be  paid  to  the  state.  Unless  otherwise  provided, 
justices  of  the  peace  and  municipal  courts  shall  have  concurrent 
jurisdiction  with  the  county  court  of  offenses  arising  under  this 
chapter. 

SCHOOL    DISCIPLINE. 

Sec.  66.  Punishment  of  pupils.  A  superintendent  or  a 
school  director,  on  request  of  and  in  the  presence  of  the  teacher 
of  a  school,  or  the  teacher  or  the  principal  of  a  school,  may 
resort  to  any  reasonable  form  of  punishment,  including  corporal 
punishment,  and  to  any  reasonable  degree,  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  obedience  on  the  part  of  a  child  enrolled  as  a  pupil  in 
such  school,  or  for  his  correction,  and  for  the  purpose  of  securing 
or  maintaining  order  in  and  control  of  the  school. 

Sec.  67.  Dismissal  of  pupils.  A  superintendent  may, 
with  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the  school  directors  after  con- 
sulting with  the  local  health  officer,  dismiss  from  school  any 
pupil  whose  personal  habits,  infirmities  or  influence  are  such  as 
to  make  the  presence  of  such  pupil  harmful  to  the  welfare  of  the 
school. 


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Sec.  68.  Secret  societies.  No  registered  pupil,  attending 
any  public  school  which  is  wholly  or  partly  maintained  by  public 
funds,  shall  join,  or  solicit  any  other  pupil  of  such  school  to  join, 
any  secret  fraternity,  club  or  society,  whose  membership  is 
formed  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  pupils  attending  such  school, 
or  take  part  in  the  organization,  formation  or  continuation  of 
any  such  fraternity,  club  or  society,  except  such  as  are  sanctioned 
by  the  commissioner  of  education  and  the  superintendent,  after 
an  impartial  investigation  of  the  nature  of  such  organization; 
and  in  the  course  of  such  investigation,  the  members  of  any  such 
existing  or  proposed  organization  shall  be  given  full  opportunity 
to  be  heard,  either  in  person  or  by  deputy.  The  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  not  apply  to  membership  in  temperance  or 
religious  societies  or  associations  of  any  kind,  nor  to  societies  or 
any  form  of  associations  which  have  been  or  may  be  established 
for  the  moral  advancement  of  youth. 

Sec.  69.  Suspension  or  dismissal.  The  superintendent, 
pursuant  to  regulations  made  by  the  state  board  of  education, 
shall  have  power  to  suspend  or  dismiss  any  pupil,  or  to  prevent 
him  from  graduating  or  participating  in  school  honors,  if,  upon 
investigation  had  after  notice  to  said  pupil,  said  superintendent 
finds  him  guilty  of  violating  a  provision  of  the  preceding  section. 

Sec.  70.  Any  child  who  has  satisfactorily  completed  the 
work  of  the  elementary  schools  shall  be  entitled  to  a  certificate 
from  the  superintendent,  which  certificate  shall  admit  such  child 
to  enter  and  become  enrolled  as  a  student  in  the  first  year  of  any 
high  school  or  academy  within  this  state  approved  by  the  board 
of  education. 

Chapter  4. 

transportation  and  board. 

Sec.  71.  School  directors'  duties;  expense.  The  school 
directors,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  superintendent,  shall 
have  charge  of  and  regulate  the  transportation  and  board  of 
pupils  in  the  schools  under  their  charge  and  contracts  therefor 
shall  be  made  by  them. 

Sec.  72.  Transportation.  Every  person  of  school  age, 
residing  at  a  distance  of  one  and  one-half  miles  from  an  elemen- 
tary school  shall  be  furnished  with  transportation,  whenever 
such  transportation  is  feasible;  and,  if  such  transportation  is  not 
feasible,  such  person  shall  be  furnished  with  board  whenever 
necessary  to  afford  him  an  opportunity  to  attend  school,  and  such 
board  shall  be  paid  by  the  state,  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  per 
week. 

Sec.  73.  Same.  The  charges  for  such  transportation 
shall  be  borne  wholly  by  the  state  in  all  towns  whose  grand  list 
does  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars.  In  towns  having  a  grand 
list  in  excess  of  five  thousand  dollars  exclusive  of  incorporated 


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districts  the  state  and  town  shall  bear  the  expense  of  transporta- 
tion in  the  ratio  five  thousand  bears  to  the  grand  list  of  such 
town,  provided,  however,  that  no  town  shall  receive  an  average 
of  more  than  twenty  dollars  a  year  for  each  pupil  transported 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  74.  Same.  School  directors  may  cause  transpor- 
tation to  be  furnished  to  a  child  living  less  than  one  and  one-half 
miles  distant  from  an  elementary  school  if  the  exigencies  of  the 
case  require,  but  in  all  such  cases  the  expenses  thereof  shall  be 
borne  by  the  town. 

Sec.  75.  Disagreement.  In  case  of  dissatisfaction  on  the 
part  of  any  person  interested  and  upon  his  complaint,  or  upon 
the  complaint  of  any  taxpayer,  to  the  school  directors,  as  to  the 
transportation,  residence  or  board  of  any  pupil,  or  of  the  char- 
acter of  any  person  employed  to  transport  pupils,  the  complaint 
shall  be  heard  by  said  school  directors  and  from  their  decision 
an  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the  commissioner  of  education,  whose 
decision  thereon  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  76.  Report.  The  superintendent  shall  include,  in 
his  annual  report  to  the  board  of  school  directors  of  each  town, 
a  report  as  to  the  pupils  of  said  town  transported  or  boarded 
under  this  act,  and  the  expense  thereof,  and  shall  annually,  at  a 
time  to  be  fixed  by  the  state  board  of  education,  furnish  to  said 
last-named  board  a  report  of  all  pupils  transported  or  boarded 
under  this  act,  and  the  expense  thereof. 

Chapter  5. 

Registers  and  Returns, 
form  and  use. 

Sec.  77.  Commissioner  of  education  to  prescribe  forms. 
The  commissioner  of  education  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the 
state  board  of  education,  prescribe  blank  forms  for  a  school 
register  for  keeping  a  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  pupils  and 
containing  printed  forms  of  teachers'  contracts  and  interroga- 
tories for  procuring  the  statistical  information  required  to  be 
given  by  teachers  and  school  officers,  and  for  procuring  such  other 
information  as  he  deems  desirable. 

Sec.  78.  Supplying  schools.  Said  commissioner  shall  an- 
nually, in  the  month  of  June,  transmit  to  each  superintendent  a 
sufficient  number  of  such  registers  to  supply  the  needs  of  the 
schools  over  which  he  has  supervision;  and  within  ten  days  before 
the  opening  of  each  term  of  school,  the  superintendent  shall 
deliver  the  assigned  register  to  each  teacher  in  the  schools  under 
his  charge. 

Sec.  79.  Teachers  to  procure  and  keep.  A  teacher  receiving 
a  register  from  the  superintendent  shall  keep  therein,  in  the 
prescribed  form,  a  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  each  pupil, 
enter  therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  addressed 


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to  the  teachers  and  deliver  such  register  to  the  superintendent 
at  the  end  of  each  term. 

Sec.  80.  Superintendent  to  examine.  Said  superintendent 
shall  examine  the  register,  and,  if  it  is  filled  out  and  properly 
certified  by  the  teacher,  he  shall  give  written  notice  thereof  to 
the  chairman  of  the  board  of  school  directors.  No  order  shall 
be  drawn  for  the  payment  of  salary  of  such  teacher  for  the  month 
then  next  preceding  the  close  of  the  term,  until  such  notice  is 
received. 

Sec.  81.  Completion  and  filing.  Said  superintendent  shall 
enter  therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  to  be  answered 
by  him,  the  name  of  the  teacher  of  the  school  during  the  term 
for  which  such  register  was  kept,  the  date  and  character  of  such 
teacher's  certificate,  and  certify  to  the  correctness  of  such  entries 
and  said  superintendent  shall  file  the  register  so  completed  in  the 
office  of  the  town  clerk  on  or  before  the  third  day  of  July. 

RETURNS. 

Sec.  82.  Town  clerk  to  make.  The  town  clerk  shall  an- 
nually, on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  July,  and  at  such  other  times 
as  the  commissioner  of  education  directs,  make  out  and  return 
to  him  such  statistics  as  he  requires,  upon  blanks  furnished  by 
said  commissioner,  who  shall  receipt  therefor. 

FEES. 

Sec.  83.  Allowed  to  town  clerk.  For  services  rendered 
as  required  by  this  chapter,  a  town  clerk  shall  receive  from  the 
town  treasurer  three  cents  for  each  legal  pupil  in  the  town;  but 
such  compensation  shall  not  be  more  than  twenty  dollars  nor 
less  than  three  dollars. 

Chapter  6. 

fire  drills. 

Sec.  84.  Pupils  to  be  drilled,  when.  The  principal  or 
person  in  charge  of  a  public  or  private  school  or  educational 
institution,  other  than  a  university  or  college,  shall  drill  such 
pupils  so  that  they  may  be  able  to  leave  the  school  building  in 
the  shortest  possible  time  and  without  panic  or  confusion.  Such 
drills  shall  be  held  at  least  once  in  each  month,  when  such  school 
or  educational  institution  is  in  session. 

Sec.  85.  Penalty  for  neglect.  A  principal  or  person  in 
charge  of  such  school  or  institution  who  wilfully  neglects  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall  be  fined 
not  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  86.  This  chapter  to  be  published.  This  chapter  shall 
be  printed  in  every  register  supplied  for  use  in  the  public  schools 
and  in  such  manuals  or  hand-books  as  may  be  prepared  for  the 
guidance  of  teachers  in  all  schools. 


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Chapter  7. 

miscellaneous  provisions. 

Sec.  87.  Special  instruction.  The  board  of  school  directors 
may  provide  for  instruction  in  vocal  music,  physical  culture  and 
drawing  by  a  regular  teacher  or  teachers,  or  by  a  teacher  or 
teachers  to  be  employed  for  such  purpose. 

Sec.  88.  Commemorative  exercises.  The  last  half  day's 
session  of  the  public  schools  before  Memorial  Day  shall  be  de- 
voted to  exercises  commemorative  of  the  history  of  the  nation 
during  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  to  patriotic  instruction  in  the 
principles  of  liberty  and  the  equal  rights  of  man. 

Sec.  89.  Evening  schools.  A  town  may  maintain  one  or 
more  evening  schools  for  persons  above  compulsory  school  age 
and  such  school  shall  be  rated  as  a  public  school. 

Sec.  90.  Provisions  respecting  age;  how  construed.  When- 
ever in  this  act  the  word  "between"  is  used  respecting  the  speci- 
fied age  of  a  child,  it  shall  be  construed  to  mean  a  period  of  time 
commencing  on  the  birthday  of  such  child  when  he  becomes  of 
the  age  so  first  specified  and  ending  on  the  day  next  preceding 
the  birthday  of  such  child  when  he  becomes  of  the  age  so  last 
specified. 

Part  III. 

Teachers. 
Chapter  1. 

examination  and  certification. 

Sec.  91.  Powers  of  state  board  of  education.  The  state 
board  of  education  shall  provide  for  the  examination  and  certifi- 
cation of  teachers,  appoint  the  times  and  places  of  examination, 
designate  the  examiners,  fix  the  standard  required  for  certifica- 
tion, classify  the  grades  of  certificates  to  be  granted,  prepare  and 
procure  the  printing  of  questions  for  such  examinations  and 
blanks  for  teachers'  certificates,  and  make  all  necessary  regula- 
tions for  such  examination  and  certification,  and  for  the  revoca- 
tion of  certificates. 

Sec.  92.  Validity  of  previous  certificates.  Certificates  or 
permits  to  teach,  issued  under  the  laws  in  force  at  the  time  this 
act  becomes  effective,  shall  be  valid  for  the  period  and  under  the 
conditions  provided  by  such  laws  unless  sooner  revoked  by  the 
state  board  of  education. 

Sec.  93.  Certificates  from  other  states.  The  state  board  of 
education  shall  make  regulations  relating  to  the  recognition  of 
teachers'  certificates,  diplomas  and  educational  credentials 
granted  in  any  other  state,  provided  such  other  state  shall,  by 
substantially  reciprocal  regulations  or  laws,  recognize  such  certifi- 
cates, diplomas  and  educational  credentials  issued  in  this  state. 


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Sec.  94.  Clerical  assistance;  expenses.  The  state  board 
of  education  may  employ  such  clerical  assistance  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  its  regulations  respecting 
the  examination  and  certification  of  teachers;  and  all  expenses 
connected  with  such  examination  and  certification  shall  be  paid 
by  the  state. 

Sec.  95.  Certificate  required;  age  limit.  No  person  shall 
teach  in  a  public  school  without  having  a  certificate  or  permit 
then  in  force;  and  a  contract  for  teaching  shall  be  void,  if  the 
teacher  does  not  obtain  such  certificate  or  permit  before  opening 
school.  No  certificate  or  permit  shall  be  issued  to  a  person  under 
seventeen  years  of  age. 

Chapter  2. 

teacher  training  in  high  schools. 

Sec.  96.  Selected  Schools.  The  state  board  of  education 
shall  establish  teacher-training  courses  in  such  high  schools, 
seminaries  or  academies  within  the  state,  as  it  may  select  for 
the  purpose  of  training  teachers  for  the  elementary  schools  of 
the  state. 

Sec.  97.  Revocation;  additional  schools.  The  state  board 
of  education  may  revoke  its  designation  of  any  high  school  or 
academy  as  an  institution  wherein  a  teacher-training  course 
shall  be  maintained,  and  may  select  additional  ones  for  such  pur- 
pose, as  the  interests  of  efficiency  in  teacher-training  may  require. 

Sec.  98.  Courses.  Said  board  shall  establish  a  course  or 
courses  for  the  training  of  teachers  in  each  high  school  or  acad- 
emy selected  by  it,  shall  prepare  courses  of  study  to  be  given,  and 
shall  designate  the  teachers  to  be  employed  to  give  the  instruc- 
tion required. 

Sec.  99.  Rules.  Said  board  shall  make  rules  governing 
admission  to  such  teacher-training  courses,  shall  prescribe  stand- 
ards requisite  for  graduation  therefrom,  and  shall  provide  as  to 
the  effect  to  be  given  to  such  graduation  as  a  basis  for  certificates 
to  teach  in  the  public  schools. 

Sec.  100.  Non-residents.  Persons  residing  in  towns  which 
do  not  contain  a  high  school,  seminary  or  academy  wherein  a 
teacher-training  course  is  maintained,  shall,  if  qualified  for 
admission,  be  furnished  the  desired  instruction  in  such  selected 
institutions  without  payment  of  tuition;  and  the  state  board  of 
education  shall  make  regulations  relating  to  the  designation  of 
the  particular  institutions  which  such  persons  shall  attend. 

Sec.  101.  Teachers'  salaries.  The  salaries  of  the  teachers 
employed  in  teacher-training  courses  shall  be  fixed  by  the  state 
board  of  education,  and  shall  be  paid  by  the  state. 

Sec.  102.  Schools  selected,  etc.,  when.  The  state  board  of 
education  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  1915,  select  the 


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high  schools,  seminaries  and  academies  wherein  teacher-training 
courses  shall  be  established,  and  make  and  promulgate  regula- 
tions relating  thereto;  and  thereupon  pre-existing  teacher-train- 
ing courses  shall  be  discontinued  as  of  July  1,  1915. 

Chapter  3. 

salaries,  tenure,  etc. 

Sec.  103.  Directors'  duties.  The  board  of  school  directors 
shall  employ  teachers,  and  shall  fix  the  amount  of  their  com- 
pensation, but  in  no  case  shall  the  compensation  be  less  than  eight 
dollars  per  week. 

Sec.  104.  State  aid  for  teachers.  There  shall  be  paid  to 
the  teachers  employed  in  the  rural  schools,  the  following  sums, 
which  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  amount  paid  by  the  several 
towns: 

(a)  Four  dollars  per  week  for  each  teacher  who  holds  a  life 
certificate  or  who  has  had  two  years  of  professional  training  fol- 
lowing graduation  from  a  first  class  high  school. 

(b)  Three  dollars  per  week  for  each  teacher  who  has  taught 
at  least  eighty  weeks,  and  holds  a  first  grade  certificate,  or  who 
has  had  two  years  of  professional  training  preceded  by  two  years 
work  in  an  approved  high  school,  or  who  has  had  one  year  of 
professional  training  following  graduation  from  a  first  class  high 
school. 

(c)  Two  dollars  per  week  for  each  teacher  who  has  had 
one  year  of  professional  training  preceded  by  three  years  work 
in  an  approved  high  school. 

Provided  that  after  July  first,  1916,  the  state  board  of 
education  may,  in  lieu  of  the  classification  herein  provided,  make 
such  classification  of  the  rural  teachers  as  said  board  may  deem 
proper. 

Sec.  105.  Rural  school  defined.  The  term  "rural  school," 
for  the  purposes  of  the  foregoing  section,  shall  mean  any  school 
having  not  more  than  two  teachers,  and  offering  instruction  in 
not  less  than  six  of  the  eight  or  nine  years  of  the  courses  prescribed 
for  elementary  schools. 

Sec.  106.  Contracts,  teacher.  No  contract  between  school 
directors  and  a  teacher  shall  be  valid  unless  the  same  be  in  writing, 
or  partly  written  and  partly  printed,  in  triplicate,  signed  by  the 
chairman  of  the  board  of  school  directors  and  by  the  teacher. 
One  copy  thereof  shall  be  filed  with  the  board  of  school  directors, 
one  copy  with  the  teacher  and  one  copy  with  the  superintendent. 
Such  contract  shall  specify  the  date  when  such  teacher  shall 
begin  service,  the  kind  and  grade  of  certificate  held  by  said  teacher 
and  the  date  when  said  certificate  will  expire,  the  salary  and  such 
other  matter  as  may  be  necessary  to  a  full  and  complete  under- 
standing of  the  same. 


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Sec.  107.  Same.  Any  teacher,  under  contract  to  teach  in 
a  public  school,  who,  without  just  cause,  fails  to  complete  the  term 
for  which  said  teacher  contracted  to  teach,  shall  be  disqualified 
to  teach  in  any  public  school  of  this  state  for  the  remainder  of 
the  school  year. 

Sec.  108.  Payment  of  salaries.  The  board  of  school  direct- 
ors shall  make  regulations  as  to  the  time  and  manner  of  the 
payment  of  teachers'  salaries,  including  the  amount  to  be  paid 
by  the  state;  and  each  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  monthly 
payment  of  salary  if  such  payment  is  demanded,  and  no  contract 
specifying  otherwise  shall  be  of  force. 

Sec.  109.  Reimbursement  of  towns.  On  or  before  the  first 
day  of  September  annually,  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
each  town  shall  furnish  the  commissioner  of  education  a  certified 
statement  of  the  various  amounts  their  town  is  entitled  to  re- 
ceive under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  said  commissioner  of 
education,  after  verifying  such  statements,  shall  certify  the  same 
to  the  auditor  of  accounts,  who  shall  draw  an  order  for  the 
amounts  due  each  town  and  the  state  treasurer  shall  forthwith 
pay  to  the  treasurer  of  each  town  the  several  amounts  respectively 
due  such  town,  and  the  treasurer  of  each  town  shall  credit  to  the 
school  funds  of  his  town  all  moneys  so  received. 

Chapter  4. 

time  allowed  teachers. 

Sec.  110.  Educational  meetings.  The  time,  not  exceeding 
five  days  during  any  one  year,  actually  spent  by  a  teacher  in 
attendance  upon  a  meeting  of  the  state  teachers'  association,  or 
upon  educational  meetings  held  by  the  commissioner  of  education 
or  superintendent,  and  the  time  actually  spent  bj'  a  teacher  in 
visiting  schools  when  so  directed  by  the  superintendent,  shall, 
in  determining  the  compensation  of  the  teacher  and  the  number 
of  weeks  of  school,  be  counted  the  same  as  if  spent  in  teaching. 

Sec.  111.  Holidays.  A  teacher  in  the  public  schools  shall 
not  be  required  to  teach  on  a  legal  holiday;  and  the  superintend- 
ent may  give  written  permission  to  a  teacher  to  dismiss  school 
for  not  more  than  two  days  whenever  such  dismissal  seems  to 
him  necessary  or  proper.  In  determining  the  number  of  weeks 
taught  by  said  teacher,  no  deduction  shall  be  made  from  time  or 
compensation  because  of  absence  on  such  days. 

Chapter  5. 

pensions  and  retirement  fund, 
pensions. 

Sec.  112.  Town  may  vote.  On  recommendation  of  its 
board  of  school  directors,  a  town  may,  at  its  annual  meeting  or 
at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose,  vote  to  pension  a 


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teacher  who  has  taught  in  the  public  schools  for  at  least  thirty 
years;  and  such  pension  shall  be  paid  from  funds  raised  by  the 
town  for  school  purposes. 

Sec.  113.  Limit.  No  pension  voted  by  a  town  under  the 
preceding  section  shall  exceed  one-half  of  the  average  annual 
salary  received  by  the  teacher  during  his  then  last  five  years  of 
service. 

Sec.  114.  Establishment.  A  permanent  fund  is  hereby 
established,  to  be  known  as  the  Vermont  State  Teachers'  Retire- 
ment Fund  and  hereinafter  designed  as  the  retirement  fund,  to 
be  held  and  administered  for  the  benefit  of  the  retired  teachers 
of  the  public  schools,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act.     Said  retirement  fund  shall  consist  of: 

(a)  All  contributions  made  by  teachers,  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided; 

(b)  All  contributions  made  by  the  Vermont  Teachers'  Re- 
tirement Fund  Association,  hereinafter  referred  to; 

(c)  All  donations,  legacies,  gifts  and  bequests,  which  shall 
be  made  to  such  fund,  and  all  moneys  which  shall  be  obtained 
from  other  sources  for  the  increase  of  said  retirement  fund; 

(d)  Appropriations  made  by  the  general  assembly  from  time 
to  time  to  carry  into  effect  the  purposes  of  said  retirement  fund, 
which  appropriations  when  made  shall  be  added  thereto  and 
administered  in  the  same  manner  as  other  moneys  belonging  to 
said  retirement  fund; 

(e)  The  income  or  interest  derived  from  the  investment 
of  the  moneys  comprising  said  retirement  fund. 

Sec.  115.  Management.  Said  retirement  fund  shall  be 
under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  to  be  known  as 
the  Vermont  State  Teachers'  Retirement  Fund  Board,  and 
hereinafter  designated  as  the  retirement  fund  board,  which  shall 
consist  of  the  governor,  the  commissioner  of  education,  the  state 
treasurer  and  the  president  of  the  Vermont  Teachers'  Retire- 
ment Fund  Association,  ex  officio  and  one  member  of  said  as- 
sociation to  be  elected  by  it  biennially.  The  president  of  said 
association  and  the  member  to  be  elected  by  it,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  hold  office  as  members  of  said  retirement  fund 
board  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  and  including  the  first  day 
of  February  in  the  year  following  their  election.  Said  associa- 
tion shall  fill  vacancies  occurring  in  said  board  by  reason  of  the 
death,  resignation  or  inability  to  serve  of  the  president  of  said 
association  as  above  provided.  The  members  of  said  board 
shall  serve  without  compensation,  but  shall  be  entitled  to  their 
actual  expenses  necessarily  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  their 
official  duties. 

Sec.  116.  Same.  Said  retirement  fund  board  is  hereby 
authorized  to  receive  and  administer,  as  part  of  said  retirement 
fund,  such  moneys  as  may  be  turned  over  to  it  by  said  associa- 
tion.    A  separate  account  of  such  moneys  shall  be  kept,  as  well 


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as  of  all  moneys  contributed  by  teachers  as  hereinafter  provided. 
Said  board  shall  certify  to  the  auditor  of  accounts,  annually, 
in  the  month  of  Januarj^  the  total  amount  of  contributions 
to  said  fund  made  by  said  association  during  the  last  preceding 
period  of  twelve  months,  as  shown  by  the  books  of  said  board. 
Sec.  117.  State  appropriatio?i.  The  auditor  of  accounts 
is  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  order  annually  in  the  month  of 
January,  for  such  sum,  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  in 
any  one  year,  as  the  treasurer  of  said  retirement  fund  board  shall 
certify  to  have  been  the  sum  contributed  by  said  association  to 
said  retirement  fund  during  the  preceding  year,  as  provided  in 
the  preceding  section. 

Sec.  118.  Treasurer.  The  state  treasurer  shall  be  ex 
officio  treasurer  of  said  board  and  custodian  of  said  retirement 
fund,  and  said  fund  shall  be  invested  only  in  those  securities  in 
which  the  trustees  of  a  savings  bank  may  by  law  invest  the  mon- 
eys deposited  therein. 

Sec.  119.  Disbursements.  The  income  of  said  retirement 
fund  shall  be  disbursed  to  the  beneficiaries  thereof,  hereinafter 
specified,  under  such  regulations  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  said 
retirement  fund  board;  and  said  board  shall  make  a  detailed 
biennial  report  to  the  general  assembly  of  its  administration  of 
said  fund  and  the  disbursement  of  the  income  thereof. 

Sec.  120.  Classification.  Class  1.  A  teacher  who  has 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  not  less  than  twenty-five 
school  years,  shall,  upon  his  retirement  from  actual  service  as 
such  teacher,  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  income  of  said  re- 
tirement fund,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  a  life  annuity 
equal  to  one-half  the  amount  of  the  average  salary  received  by 
such  teacher  during  the  last  five  years  of  said  term  of  service; 
but  such  sum  shall  not  exceed  five  hundred  dollars. 

Class  2.  A  teacher  who  has  taught  in  public  schools  thirty 
school  years,  the  last  twenty  years  of  which  shall  have  been  spent 
in  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state,  shall  receive  from 
the  income  of  said  retirement  fund,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
the  same  annuity  as  provided  for  teachers  in  class  one. 

Class  3.  A  teacher  who  has  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
this  state  and  who,  by  reason  of  age  or  infirmities,  has  been  in- 
capacitated for  further  service  therein,  shall  be  entitled  to  such 
aid  from  the  income  of  said  retirement  fund,  not  exceeding  the 
annuity  to  which  teachers  in  classes  one  and  two  are  entitled  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  as  shall  be  determined  by  said  retirement 
fund  board. 

Sec.  121.  Teachers  defined.  In  construing  the  preceding 
section,  principals  of  public  schools  and  superintendents  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  teachers. 

Sec.  122.  Proof  required.  To  entitle  a  teacher  to  the 
benefits  of  this  act  he  shall  present  to  said  board  satisfactory 
proof: 


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(a)  That  he  comes  within  the  provisions  of  the  second  pre- 
ceding section,  with  respect  to  length  of  service,  or  age,  or  infirm- 
ities, and  is  therefore  entitled  to  be  placed  upon  the  teachers' 
retired  list; 

(b)  Of  the  largest  salary  received  by  him  for  service  as 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  during  the  period  thereof  by  reason 
of  which  he  claims  the  benefits  of  said  fund; 

(c)  That  he  has  permanently  retired  from  paid  service  in 
connection  with  the  public  schools  of  this  state. 

(d)  That  he  has  contributed  to  said  retirement  fund  a  sum 
equal  to  forty  per  cent  of  the  annuity  to  which  he  claims  to  be 
entitled. 

Sec.  123.  Retirement.  No  teacher  entitled  to  the  benefits 
of  this  act  on  reaching  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  shall  thereafter 
receive  such  benefits  unless  he  retires  from  paid  service  as  a 
teacher  on  reaching  said  age,  or  receives  a  permit  from  the  state 
board  of  education  to  continue  as  a  teacher.  No  teacher  shall 
receive  any  benefits  under  this  act  while  engaged  in  teaching. 

Sec.  124.  Payment  of  annuities  and  benefits.  Prior  to 
the  time  when  the  income  from  said  retirement  fund  shall  be- 
come adequate  to  pay  all  annuities  and  benefits  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  said  retirement  fund  board  is  hereby  authorized  to 
pay  annuities  and  benefits  according  to  a  fair  proportion  which 
shall  be  determined  by  the  amount  of  income  from  said  retire- 
ment fund  and  by  the  number  of  teachers  on  the  retired  list. 
Said  board  is  further  authorized,  in  its  discretion,  to  pay  full 
annuities  to  teachers  in  class  one  before  annuities  are  paid  to 
teachers  in  classes  two  and  three,  and  to  pay  full  annuities  to 
teachers  in  class  two  before  extending  the  benefits  of  said  retire- 
ment fund  to  teachers  in  class  three.  Said  board  is  further 
authorized,  in  its  discretion,  to  add  the  income  from  said  re- 
tirement fund  to  the  principal  thereof,  paying  no  annuities  or 
benefits  until  such  time  as,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board,  said 
revenue  shall  be  sufficiently  large  to  warrant  the  disbursement 
thereof  in  whole  or  in  part  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  125.  Existing  rights  'preserved.  Nothing  in  this  chap- 
ter shall  affect  rights  accrued  or  accruing  under  the  provisions  of 
No.  70  of  the  acts  of  1912,  and  time  heretofore  spent  in  teaching, 
as  specified  in  said  act,  and  any  matter  or  thing  heretofore  done 
or  performed  under  said  act,  shall  be  treated  as  being  within  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter. 

Part  IV. 

School  Property  and  Equipment. 

Chapter  1. 

taking  land  for  school  purposes. 

Sec.  126.  Duties  of  selectmen.  When  the  location  of  a 
schoolhouse  is  determined  and  land  for  such  schoolhouse  and 
grounds  in  connection  therewith  are  necessary,  or  when  a  town 


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votes  to  purchase  additional  land  as  necessaryfor  school  purposes, 
if  the  owner  refuses  to  convey  the  same  to  such  town  for  a  reason- 
able price,  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  or  the  selectmen  of  a  town 
adjoining  an  unorganized  town  or  gore  in  which  such  location 
has  been  determined,  shall,  on  the  application  of  the  board  of 
school  directors,  set  out  the  necessary  land  and  cause  the  same 
to  be  surveyed,  and  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  for  hearing 
and  give  notice  thereof  to  the  persons  interested,  either  per- 
sonally or  by  written  notice  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  such  land,  and,  at  such  hearing,  shall  ascertain  the 
damages  sustained  by  said  interested  persons;  and  the  damages 
agreed  upon  or  assessed  shall  be  paid  or  tendered  to  said  persons 
before  taking  possession  of  such  land. 

Sec.  127.  Same.  When  the  selectmen  decide  to  take  land, 
they  shall,  in  their  order  for  that  purpose,  fix  a  time,  and  notify 
the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  within  which  he  shall  remove  his 
buildings,  fences,  timber,  wood  or  trees,  which,  in  case  of  en- 
closed or  improved  land,  shall  not,  without  the  consent  of  the 
owner,  be  less  than  three  months,  nor  until  compensation  for 
damages  to  such  land  is  tendered  or  paid;  and,  if  they  are  not 
removed  within  such  time,  the  selectmen  shall  remove  them  at 
the  expense  of  the  town. 

Sec.  128.  Orders,  proceedings  and  survey  to  be  recorded. 
Orders  and  proceedings  of  the  selectmen,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  two  preceding  sections,  with  the  survey  of  the  land  taken, 
shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  town  in  which 
such  land  lies,  or,  if  an  unorganized  town  or  gore,  in  the  county 
clerk's  office. 

Sec.  129.  Reference  of  question  of  damages.  If  the  owner 
of  such  land  does  not  accept  the  damages  awarded  by  the  select- 
men, the  board  of  school  directors  of  such  town  may  agree  with 
him  to  refer  the  question  of  damages  to  one  or  more  disinterested 
persons,  whose  award  shall  be  made  in  writing  and  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  130.  Petition  to  county  court;  appointment  of  com- 
missioners. If  a  person  interested  in  such  land  is  dissatisfied 
with  the  action  of  the  selectmen  in  locating  and  setting  it  out  or 
with  the  damages  awarded  by  them,  he  may  apply  by  petition 
to  the  county  court  at  its  next  stated  term,  if  there  is  sufficient 
time  for  notice,  and  if  not,  to  the  succeeding  term;  and  any 
number  of  persons  aggrieved  may  join  in  such  petition.  The 
petition  with  a  citation,  shall  be  served  on  the  clerk  of  the  town 
at  least  twelve  days  before  the  session  of  the  court;  and  the  court 
shall  appoint  three  disinterested  commissioners,  who  shall  in- 
quire into  the  necessity  for  locating  and  setting  out  such  land  and 
as  to  the  amount  of  damages  sustained  by  the  persons  interested 
therein. 

Sec.  131.  Hearing.  The  commissioners  shall,  give  six 
days'  notice  to  said  town  clerk  and  to  the  petitioners  of  the  time 
and  place  of  hearing;  and  when  they  have  completed  their  in- 


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quiries,  they  shall  report  to  the  court;  and,  upon  hearing,  the 
court  may  accept  or  reject  the  report,  in  whole  or  in  part,  may 
make  such  orders  as  are  necessary  for  locating  and  setting  out 
such  land  and  for  the  removal  of  obstructions  therefrom,  may 
render  judgment  for  the  petitioners  for  such  damages  as  they 
have  severally  sustained,  may  tax  costs  for  either  party,  and  may 
award  execution  in  the  premises. 

Sec.  132.  Notice  to  mortgagee  or  assignee.  If  land  so  re- 
quired by  a  town  is  encumbered  by  mortgage,  such  town  shall 
cause  the  same  notice  to  be  given  to  the  mortgagee  or  assignee 
of  the  mortgage  as  is  required  to  be  given  to  the  owner;  and  the 
damages  agreed  upon,  or  otherwise  determined,  as  specified  in 
this  chapter,  shall  be  paid  to  the  mortgagee  or  assignee;  but  if 
the  sum  due  on  the  mortgage  is  less  than  the  damages  awarded, 
the  amount  due  on  the  mortgage  shall  be  paid  to  the  holder  of 
the  mortgage  and  the  balance  to  the  owner  of  the  land. 

Sec.  133.  Title,  when  to  vest.  When  the  damages  finally 
awarded  for  land  so  taken  by  a  town  are  paid  to  the  person  en- 
titled thereto,  title  to  such  land  shall  vest  in  the  town  for  the 
purposes  aforesaid. 

Chapter  2. 

school  building  and  equipment. 

Sec.  134.  Schoolhouses;  taxes.  Each  town  shall  provide, 
furnish  and  maintain  schoolhouses  suitable  for  schools  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act;  and  the  board  of  school  directors,  when 
so  authorized  by  the  town,  shall  have  power  to  lease  or  purchase 
buildings  or  sites,  to  locate  and  erect  schoolhouses,  and  to  sell 
or  otherwise  dispose  of  buildings  or  sites,  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  this  act.  For  such  purposes  a  town  may  raise  a  tax  on  its 
grand  list. 

Sec.  135.  Flags;  school  directors'  duties.  The  board  of 
school  directors  shall  cause  to  be  erected  on  each  schoolhouse, 
or  on  the  premises  belonging  thereto,  a  suitable  flag-pole,  and 
shall,  while  the  school  is  in  session,  at  such  times  as  they  may 
direct,  cause  a  United  States  flag,  which  shall  not  be  lettered  or 
marked  in  any  way,  to  be  displayed  thereon.  A  person  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  ten 
dollars. 

Chapter  3. 

text-books,  appliances  and  supplies. 

Sec.  136.  Provided  how.  The  board  of  school  directors 
of  each  town  shall  provide  all  text-books,  appliances  and  supplies 
required  for  use  in  the  public  elementary  schools  therein,  and  the 
same  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  town. 

Sec.  137.  Care  and  custody.  The  board  of  school  directors 
shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it   deems  proper  for 


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the  care  and  custody  of  text-books,  appliances  and  supplies, 
provided  for  use  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town,  and  shall 
furnish  the  same  for  the  use  of  non-resident  pupils  under  such 
regulations  as  the  state  board  of  education  shall  prescribe. 

Sec.  138.  Loss,  etc.,  of;  liability.  A  person  having  the 
control  of  a  pupil  shall  be  liable  to  the  town  for  damage  occasioned 
by  the  loss,  destruction,  or  unnecessary  injury  or  detention  by 
such  pupil  of  a  text-book  or  appliance  loaned  to  such  pupil,  to  be 
recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute  in  the  name  of  the  town. 

Sec.  139.  Selection.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
act,  the  board  of  school  directors  shall,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  superintendent,  select  the  text-books,  appliances  and  sup- 
plies, to  be  used  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town. 

Part  V. 

Financial  Support  of  Schools. 

Chapter  1. 

school  taxes  and  school  funds. 

Sec  140.  Grand  list.  The  grand  list  of  a  town  school 
district  shall  be  made  up  of  the  ratable  polls  and  real  and  per- 
sonal estate  therein. 

Sec.  141.  Appropriation.  A  town  shall  annually  appro- 
priate for  school  purposes  a  sum  not  less  than  forty  cents  on  the 
dollar  of  the  grand  list  of  the  town  school  district,  and  any  town 
raising  a  less  sum  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  of  the  benefits 
other  than  supervision,  under  this  act. 

Sec.  142.  Town  treasurer  to  keep  separate  accounts.  The 
town  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  account  of  the  moneys  appro- 
priated or  given  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  shall  pay  out  of  such 
moneys  orders  drawn  by  the  board  of  school  directors  for  school 
purposes. 

Sec.  143.  Report  by  town  treasurer.  Said  treasurer  shall 
report  at  each  annual  town  meeting  the  amount  of  moneys 
received  for  school  purposes,  the  source  from  which  received, 
and  how  the  same  has  been  divided  and  paid. 

UNITED    STATES    DEPOSIT    MONEY. 

Sec.  144.  State  treasurer  to  receive.  The  state  treasurer 
shall  receive  moneys  belonging  to  the  United  States  to  be  de- 
posited with  this  state,  and  give  a  certificate  of  deposit  for  the 
same  according  to  law.  Such  moneys  shall  be  apportioned  to 
the  several  towns,  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  in  proportion 
to  the  number  of  inhabitants  in  each.  When  a  census  is  taken 
under  the  laws  of  congress  or  of  this  state,  a  new  apportionment 
shall  be  made.  If  upon  such  new  apportionment  it  appears 
that  a  town  has  more  than  its  share,  the  state  treasurer  shall 


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demand  and  recover  from  such  town  such  excess;  but  if  a  town 
has  less  than  its  share,  the  deficiency  shall  be  retained  by  the 
state  treasurer  and  kept  intact  as  a  part  of  the  principal  of  the 
permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  145.  Trustees  of  public  money  to  give  bond.  The 
trustees  of  public  money  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  their  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  town,  with  sufficient  sure- 
ties, in  such  sum  as  the  selectmen  direct,  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  their  duties  in  loaning,  managing, 
accounting  for  and  paying  over,  as  may  be  required  by  law,  the 
moneys  placed  in  their  charge.  If  a  trustee  fails  to  execute 
such  bond,  his  office  shall  be  vacant,  and  such  vacancies  may 
be  filled  as  vacancies  in  other  town  offices. 

Sec.  146.  Towns  accountable.  If  a  town  has  received  its 
portion  of  deposit  money,  it  shall  be  accountable  for  the  same 
when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 
States,  or  for  the  purposes  of  a  new  apportionment,  as  a  town  is 
accountable  for  state  taxes. 

Sec.  147.  Neglect  by  towns.  The  grand  jury  shall  inquire 
how  the  towns  have  managed  and  disposed  of  the  money  so 
deposited  with  them  and  the  annual  interest  thereof;  and  if  a 
town  has  not  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  three  preceding 
sections  relative  to  such  deposit  money,  it  shall  present  to  the 
court  its  indictment  therefor  against  the  town;  and  the  clerk 
of  said  court  shall  give  twenty  days'  notice  thereof  to  such  town, 
which  shall  be  served  as  a  writ  of  summons.  On  conviction  on 
such  indictment,  said  town  shall  be  fined  a  sum  not  exceeding 
double  the  amount  of  the  annual  interest  on  such  money  to  the 
use  of  the  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  148.  State  treasurer  to  adjust  accounts.  The  state 
treasurer  in  the  collection  of  the  United  States  deposit  money 
loaned  by  former  treasurers,  shall  adjust  and  settle  the  same  as 
is  for  the  interest  of  the  state. 

PERMANENT    SCHOOL    FUND. 

Sec.  149.  How  constituted.  The  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
forty  thousand  dollars  returned  by  the  national  government  to 
the  state  in  settlement  of  the  civil  war  claims,  the  Huntington 
fund,  the  United  States  deposit  money  and  such  other  additions 
as  may  be  made  to  the  fund  hereby  established,  shall  be  held 
intact  and  in  reserve  as  a  permanent  school  fund,  heretofore 
called  the  permanent  public  school  fund.* 

TRUSTEES    OF    THE    PERMANENT    SCHOOL    FUND. 

Sec.  150.  How  constituted.  Three  persons,  to  be  appointed 
by  the  governor,  shall  constitute  a  board  to  be  known  as  trustees 
of  the  permanent  school  fund;  provided  that  the  existing  board 
known  as  trustees  of  permanent  school  fund  shall  be  so  reor- 

*  See  also  No.  63.  Acts  of  1915. 


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ganized  that  the  present  appointive  members  thereof  shall  be 
trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund  herein  constituted  for 
the  term  of  two,  four  and  six  years,  respectively,  as  the  governor 
may  select,  from  and  including  February  1,  1915,  and  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  unless  sooner  re- 
moved by  the  governor.  In  the  month  of  January,  1917,  and 
biennially  thereafter,  the  governor  shall  appoint  a  trustee  of 
the  permanent  school  fund  for  a  term  of  six  years  from  and 
including  the  first  day  of  February  next  after  such  appointment, 
and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified,  unless  sooner 
removed  by  the  governor. 

Sec.  151.  Organization;  meetings.  Said  trustees  shall  or- 
ganize by  the  election  of  a  chairman  and  a  secretary  at  a  meet- 
ing to  be  held  in  the  state  capitol  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  February  in  each  biennial  year,  or  at 
an  adjournment  thereof,  or  at  a  special  meeting  duly  called  if 
the  organization  is  not  then  completed.  Regular  meetings  of 
the  board  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  members 
by  vote  determine.  On  the  request  of  any  member  of  the  board, 
the  secretary  shall  call  a  special  meeting  thereof  by  notice  in 
writing  mailed  to  each  member  at  least  three  days  before  such 
meeting;  but  the  board  may  act  without  notice  of  a  special  meet- 
ing when  all  are  present. 

Sec.  152.  Duties.  The  trustees  of  the  permanent  school 
fund  shall,  by  unanimous  action,  make  all  investments  of  the 
permanent  school  fund  and  designate  depositories  therefor,  and 
shall  execute  all  checks,  transfers  or  releases  of  securities,  and 
do  all  things  necessary  to  the  proper  management  of  the  assets 
and  income  of  such  fund.  Said  trustees  shall  invest  the  per- 
manent school  fund  in  the  following  named  securities  only: 
United  States  bonds,  state  bonds,  bonds  of  cities  and  school 
districts  located  in  the  United  States,  excluding  territories  and 
having  a  population  of  over  twenty  thousand,  and  bonds  of  towns, 
cities  and  villages  in  this  state  whose  total  indebtedness  does 
not  exceed  five  times  the  amount  of  the  grand  list.  Said  trustees 
may  receive  gifts,  bequests,  or  additions  to  such  permanent 
school  fund;  and  all  purchases  and  sales  of  securities  shall  be 
made  by,  and  all  securities  shall  be  taken  in  the  name  of,  and  so 
far  as  possible  made  payable  to,  the  trustees  of  the  permanent 
school  fund. 

Sec.  153.  Compensation.  The  trustees  shall  receive  no 
compensation  for  their  services,  but  shall  be  paid  their  necessary 
expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  154.  Vacancies;  secretary,  duties  of.  Vacancies  among 
the  trustees  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor,  and  vacancies  in  the 
offices  of  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  members  at  a  regular 
meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose.  The 
secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board, 
recording   in   detail   the   proceedings   relating   to   investments, 


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income   and   disbursements   and  the   management   of   the   per- 
manent school  fund. 

Sec.  155.  Huntington  fund.  On  such  part  of  the  remainder 
of  the  Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  to  the  use  of  the 
state  as  shall  not  have  been  at  the  time  of  the  distribution  of 
the  income  from  the  permanent  school  fund  in  each  year,  paid 
over  to  the  trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund  as  hereinafter 
provided,  six  per  cent  interest  shall  annually  be  segregated  by 
the  state  treasurer  as  a  part  of  the  income  of  the  permanent 
school  fund,  and  such  interest  shall  be  distributed  like  the 
other  income  from  such  fund;  and,  whenever  at  the  end  of  any 
fiscal  year  there  is  a  surplus  in  the  state  treasury  over  and  above 
the  liabilities  of  the  state,  such  part  of  such  surplus  shall  be 
paid  over  to  the  trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund  as  the 
trustees  of  such  fund  may  determine  at  a  meeting  to  be  called 
for  that  purpose,  until  an  amount  equal  to  that  part  of  the 
Huntington  fund  heretofore  converted  into  cash  by  the  state 
treasurer  shall  have  been  so  transferred. 

Sec.  156.  United  States  deposit  money.  The  United  States 
deposit  money  held  in  the  state  treasury  for  towns  which  have 
not  elected  trustees  of  public  money  and  for  unorganized  towns 
and  gores,  together  with  three  per  cent  interest  thereon  since 
the  last  distribution,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  trustees  of  the 
permanent  school  fund  at  their  request,  the  principal  sum  for 
investment  as  a  part  of  the  permanent  school  fund,  and  the 
amount  of  three  per  cent  interest  for  distribution  with  the  other 
income  from  the  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  157.  Same.  In  case  the  United  States  deposit  money 
heretofore  apportioned  to  a  town  was,  prior  to  December  fif- 
teenth, nineteen  hundred  and  six,  loaned  to  the  town  to  which 
it  was  apportioned,  the  trustees  of  public  money  may  continue 
annually  to  loan  such  public  money  to  such  town,  with  interest 
at  five  per  cent  per  annum,  until  such  time  as  said  trustees  see 
fit  to  collect  the  same,  when  it  shall  immediately  be  turned 
over  to  the  state  treasurer  for  the  trustees  of  the  permanent 
school  fund. 

Sec.  158.  Same.  The  income  from  the  United  States 
deposit  money,  in  towns  where  such  fund  is  loaned  to  the  town 
to  which  it  has  been  apportioned,  shall  annually,  on  or  before 
the  tenth  day  of  June,  so  long  as  such  loan  remains  uncollected, 
be  paid  over  by  the  trustees  of  public  money  to  the  state  treas- 
urer for  the  trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund  for  distribu- 
tion with  the  other  income  from  such  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  159.  Failure  to  pay  United  States  deposit  money,  for- 
feitures. If,  in  any  town  where  its  share  of  United  States 
deposit  money  is  already  loaned  to  it,  the  trustees  of  public 
money  fail  to  pay,  within  the  time  limited  therefor,  annually, 
the  five  per  cent  income  derived  therefrom,  the  income  of  the 
permanent  school  fund  and  the  state  school  tax  which  would 


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otherwise  thereafter  be  payable  to  such  town  shall  be  forfeited 
to  the  state  and  added  to  the  principal  of  the  permanent  school 
fund;  and  such  forfeiture  shall  thereafter  be  made  from  year 
to  year,  until  such  town  has  paid  to  the  state  treasurer,  for  the 
trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund,  all  sums  in  arrears,  with 
interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum. 

Sec.  160.  Accountable  for  United  States  deposit  money.  The 
trustees  of  the  permanent  school  fund  shall  be  accountable  for 
such  part  of  the  United  States  deposit  money  as  is  held  by  them, 
when  required  by  the  state  treasurer  on  requisition  of  the  United 
States. 

Sec.  161.  Report.  The  trustees  of  the  permanent  school 
fund  shall  present  to  the  general  assembly,  on  the  first  day  of 
each  biennial  session,  a  report  of  their  official  acts,  showing  the 
amount  and  condition  of  such  fund  and  the  securities  in  which 
it  is  invested. 

Sec.  162.  Audit.  The  auditor  of  accounts  and  bank  com- 
missioner shall  annually  audit  the  accounts  of  the  trustees  of 
the  permanent  school  fund  and  the  accounts  of  the  state  treas- 
urer in  connection  with  such  fund,  examine  the  securities  on 
hand  and  certify  to  the  correctness  of  their  transactions  and 
the  condition  of  the  fund;  and  such  certificate  shall  be  included 
in  the  report  of  the  state  treasurer. 

TOWN    SCHOOL    FUND. 

Sec.  163.  Duties  of  selectmen.  The  selectmen  of  a  town 
shall  have  charge  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  appropriated 
to  the  use  of  schools  therein,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law, 
or  unless  the  person  giving  a  part  thereof  directs  the  same  to 
be  managed  in  some  other  way,  and  annually  render  an  account 
to  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  shall  lease  such  lands  and  loan 
such  moneys  on  annual  or  semi-annual  interest,  upon  sufficient 
real  estate  or  personal  security,  in  the  state. 

Sec.  164.  Same.  The  securities  for  the  -payment  of  the 
money  so  loaned  and  the  interest  thereon  shall  be  taken  in  the 
name  of  the  town;  and  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the 
town,  prosecute  and  defend  actions  for  the  recovery  or  protec- 
tion of  the  estate  so  intrusted  to  their  care.  If  the  title  or  pos- 
session of  real  estate  mortgaged  or  deeded  as  security  is  recovered 
in  such  action,  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the  town, 
lease  or  sell  and  convey  such  real  estate,  and  invest  the  moneys 
received  therefrom  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section. 

Sec.  165.  Acknowledgments.  A  person  authorized  may 
take  the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  provided  for  in  the  two 
preceding  sections,  or  may  sign  such  deed  as  witness,  although 
he  is  an  inhabitant  and  taxpayer  of  the  town. 

Sec.  166.  Securities  and  moneys.  The  securities  belong- 
ing to  the  town  school  fund  shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of 
the  town  treasurer,  to  be  kept  by  him  in  the  fireproof  safe  or 


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vault  of  the  town,  and  moneys  received  on  account  of  the  same 
shall  be  paid  into  such  treasury  and  a  separate  account  thereof 
shall  be  kept  on  the  books  of  the  treasurer. 

STATE    SCHOOL   TAX. 

Sec.  167.  Assessment.  A  tax  of  ten  cents  on  the  dollar 
shall  be  annually  assessed  upon  the  grand  list  for  the  support 
of  public  schools. 

Sec.  168.  Apportionment.  The  state  treasurer  shall  appor- 
tion such  tax  to  the  several  towns,  according  to  their  respective 
grand  lists  as  shown  by  the  list  prepared  annually  by  the  com- 
missioner of  taxes  from  the  abstracts  of  the  grand  lists  of  such 
towns,  which  are  required  to  be  returned  to  his  office,  and  shall 
annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  make  out  and 
transmit  to  each  town  treasurer  a  notice  of  the  amount  so  appor- 
tioned and  that  the  same  must  be  paid  into  the  state  treasury 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October  following,  and  also  issue 
and  transmit  at  the  same  time,  to  said  collector,  a  warrant  for 
the  collection  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  169.  Payment.  The  town  or  city  treasurer  shall, 
upon  receipt  of  such  notice,  transmit  the  same  to  the  selectmen 
or  mayor,  who  shall  draw  an  order  on  the  town  or  city  treasurer 
for  the  amount  of  such  tax;  and  the  treasurer  shall  pay  the 
same  into  the  state  treasury  out  of  any  money  belonging  to  the 
town  or  city.  If  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  such  town  or  city 
treasurer  are  not  sufficient  to  pay  the  tax,  the  selectmen  or 
mayor  shall  borrow  the  necessary  amounts  upon  orders. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Sec.  170.  Grand  juries  to  investigate.  Grand  juries  shall 
annually  inquire  whether  towns  in  their  counties  have  appor- 
tioned and  expended  the  required  sum  for  the  support  of  schools 
as  provided  in  this  chapter;  and,  in  case  of  neglect,  they  shall 
present  their  indictment  thereof  to  the  court. 

Sec.  171.  Superintendents  to  make  inquiry.  The  superin- 
tendent shall  ascertain  whether  the  requirements  of  this  chapter 
relating  to  the  appropriation  and  expenditure  of  money  from 
the  town  treasury  for  the  support  of  schools  under  his  charge 
are  complied  with;  and,  in  case  of  non-compliance,  he  shall 
bring  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  state's  attorney  or 
grand  jury. 

Part  VI. 

APPLICATION    OF    PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  172.  Application  of  provisions.  The  provisions  of 
this  act  so  far  as  they  are  applicable  and  not  inconsistent  with 
the  rights  granted  by  their  charters  shall  apply  to  specially 
incorporated  school  districts  and  cities. 

Sec.  173.     Same.     Supervisors  for  unorganized  towns  and 


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gores  shall  perform  all  the  duties,  and  have  all  the  authority 
and  be  subject  to  all  the  liabilities  of  school  directors  and  truant 
officers  of  organized  towns,  as  to  all  matters  pertaining  to  schools 
in  their  respective  unorganized  towns  or  gores. 

Part  VII. 
appropriation,  consolidation  and  distribution. 

Chapter  1. 

Sec.  174.  Special  appropriation.  The  sum  of  one  hundred 
thirty  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated  annually  as  a 
part  of  the  consolidated  school  fund  hereinafter  provided  for. 

Sec.  175.  Consolidated  school  fund.  The  receipts  from  the 
state  tax  assessed  by  section  168  of  this  act,  from  the  income 
of  the  permanent  school  fund,  and  from  the  one  hundred  thirty 
thousand  dollars  hereby  appropriated,  shall  form  a  fund  to  be 
known  as  the  consolidated  school  fund,  for  annual  apportion- 
ment and  distribution  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  176.  Apportionment.  Said  consolidated  school  fund 
shall  annually  be  apportioned  by  the  state  board  of  education 
for  the  purposes  specified  in  the  following  section;  provided  if 
the  amount  specified  for  any  particular  purpose  is  more  than  is 
required  therefor,  then  the  excess  shall  be  added  to  the  fund 
apportioned  for  that  year  for  the  purpose  of  equalizing  oppor- 
tunities and  rates  of  expenditure;  and  provided  further,  that  if 
the  amount  so  specified  for  any  particular  purpose  is  less  than 
is  required  therefor,  then  said  board  in  its  discretion  may  use 
for  that  purpose  such  portion  of  said  equalizing  fund  as  may  be 
necessary. 

Sec.  177.  Same.  Said  consolidated  school  fund  shall,  sub- 
ject to  the  provision  of  the  preceding  section  and  under  regula- 
tions to  be  made  by  the  state  board  of  education,  be  apportioned 
by  it  as  follows : 

(a)  For  the  general  administration  and  office  purposes  of 
the  state  board  of  education,  including  the  per  diem  and  expenses 
of  members,  clerk  hire,  and  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  the 
executive  officers  of  the  board $24,000.00 

(b)  For  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  superintendents 

$100,000.00 

(c)  For  the  training  of  teachers  for  the  elementary  schools 

$45,000.00 

(d)  For  summer  schools,  educational  meetings,  and  like 
supplementary  educational  activities $2,500.00 

(e)  For  the  transportation  and  board  of  scholars  in  the 
elementary  schools $100,000.00 

(f)  For  the  payment  of  a  portion  of  the  salaries  of  teachers 
as  provided  by  section  105  of  this  act $110,000.00 


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(g)  The  balance  of  the  consolidated  school  fund  provided 
by  section  176  of  this  act  is  hereby  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
state  board  of  education  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  rural  schools 
of  the  state  and  for  the  purpose  of  equalizing  educational  oppor- 
tunities and  advantages. 

Sec.  178.  Expenditures.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby 
directed  to  draw  his  orders  to  such  persons  and  for  such  amounts 
as  the  state  board  of  education  shall  direct,  not  exceeding  in 
the  aggregate  during  any  school  year  the  amount  of  the  said 
consolidated  school  fund. 

Part  VIII. 

REPEALS,    ETC. 

Sec.  179.  Repeals.  This  act  is  intended  to  supersede  the 
entire  body  of  the  statute  law  of  the  state  in  force  at  the  time 
of  its  enactment,  relating  to  the  subject  of  public  instruction 
in  the  elementary  schools,  except  chapters  50,  56,  60,  61,  62 
and  63  of  the  Public  Statutes  and  subsequent  legislation,  relat- 
ing to  the  subject  matter  thereof,  which  are  hereby  continued 
in  force  in  so  far  as  the  same  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act;  and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  superseded  by 
this  act,  and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  are  hereby  repealed  as  of  July  1,  1915; 
provided  that  the  provisions  of  this  act,  so  far  as  they  are  the 
same  as  those  of  existing  laws,  shall  be  construed  as  a  continua- 
tion of  existing  laws  and  not  as  new  enactments. 

Sec.  180.  Statutes  amended.  Any  section  of  the  Public 
Statutes  or  any  amendment  thereof  or  addition  thereto,  not 
repealed  or  superseded  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  that  contain 
the  words  "superintendent  of  education"  is  hereby  amended 
by  substituting  in  lieu  of  said  words  the  words  "commissioner 
of  education." 

Sec.  181.  Number  76  of  the  acts  of  1912,  in  so  far  as  it 
relates  to  the  consolidated  school  fund,  and  the  method  of  dis- 
tribution thereof,  and  the  collection  of  the  state  school  tax,  and 
the  income  of  the  permanent  school  fund,  and  the  appropriation 
thereunder,  is  hereby  continued  in  full  force  and  effect  until 
the  distribution  thereunder  is  made  in  September  1915,  and  is 
then  repealed. 

Sec.  182.  Chapters  1,  2  and  3  of  part  I;  chapters  1,  4  and 
5  of  part  III;  chapters  1,  2  and  3  of  part  IV;  chapter  1  of  part 
V;  and  all  of  part  VI  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage.  Chapters 
1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  and  7  of  part  II,  chapters  2  and  3  of  part  III  and 
all  of  part  VII  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  April  1,  1915. 


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No.  65. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  DUTIES  OF  THE  SCHOOL 
DIRECTORS  IN  MAKING  THEIR  ANNUAL  REPORT 
OF  SCHOOL  MATTERS  OF  THE  TOWN  AND  RE- 
PEALING CERTAIN  LAWS  INCONSISTENT  WITH 
THIS  ACT. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  On  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  February,  an- 
nually, the  school  board  of  a  town  shall  prepare  an  itemized  and 
classified  statement  of  its  expenditures  for  the  twelve  months 
ending  on  the  last  day  of  January  preceding,  a  statement  of  the 
amount  of  moneys  on  hand,  a  written  statement  of  the  condi- 
tions and  needs  of  the  schools,  and  shall  submit  to  the  town 
auditors  these  statements,  together  with  a  recommendation  of 
the  amount  of  money  needed  for  the  following  school  year  and 
a  copy  of  the  certificate  given  it  by  said  auditors,  and  said  audi- 
tors shall  include  such  statements,  recommendation,  and  a  copy 
of  certificate  in  their  report  to  the  town. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  March  31,   1915. 


No.  66. 


AN  ACT  TO  APPROPRIATE  A  SUM  OF  MONEY 
FOR  THE  SUPPORT  OF  THE  STATE  NORMAL 
SCHOOLS  AT  CASTLETON  AND  JOHNSON. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  is  hereby 
annually  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  state  normal  schools 
at  Castleton  and  Johnson. 

Sec.  2.  The  sum  appropriated  by  this  act  is  to  be  assigned 
to  said  normal  schools  in  such  proportion  and  for  such  purposes 
as  shall  be  designated  by  the  board  of  education. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  March  31,  1915. 


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No.  67. 

AN   ACT   TO   AMEND   SECTION   983   OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES,  RELATING  TO  SCHOOL  HOUSES. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  983  of  the  Public  Statutes  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  983.  A  town  shall  provide  and  maintain  suitable 
school  houses,  and  the  location  and  construction  of  the  same 
shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  board  of  school  directors;  but 
said  school  directors  shall  not  in  any  one  year,  without  authoriza- 
tion by  vote  of  the  town,  expend  in  constructing  or  repairing 
school  houses  a  sum  exceeding  in  amount  ten  per  cent  of  the 
grand  list  of  the  town. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  March  27,  1915. 


No.  68. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  1006  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES,  RELATING  TO  SCHOOL  DIRECTORS' 
DUTIES. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  1006  of  the  Public  Statutes  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1006.  Schools  shall  be  located  in  such  places  and 
held  at  such  times  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board  of  school 
directors,  will  best  subserve  the  interests  of  education  and  give 
the  pupils  of  the  town  equal  advantages  so  far  as  practicable. 
Said  board  may,  in  its  discretion,  provide  conveyance  for  pupils 
to  and  from  school  at  the  expense  of  the  town  from  such  points 
as  it  designates,  or  may  pay  a  reasonable  sum  for  the  board  of 
such  pupils  while  in  attendance  upon  school. 

If  a  child  is  unable  to  attend  a  public  school  on  account  of  a 
permanent  physical  disability,  the  school  board  may,  upon  the 
certificate  of  a  legally  qualified  physician,  employ  a  competent 
teacher  to  instruct  such  child  at  home  or  at  any  other  place  it  may 
designate,  and  may  prescribe  such  time  for  study  and  recitation 
as  it  may  deem  best.  The  expense  of  such  instruction  shall  be 
included  in  the  regular  school  expenses  and  shall  not  exceed  one 
dollar  per  week  for  such  pupil. 

Approved  March  15,  1915. 


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No.  69. 

AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF 
JUNIOR  AND  SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  VOCA- 
TIONAL EDUCATION. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Classification  of  junior  and  senior  high  schools. 
The  state  board  of  education  may,  with  the  approval  of  the 
school  directors  in  the  towns  concerned,  divide  the  secondary 
schools  of  the  state,  now  existing  or  hereafter  to  be  established, 
into  two  classes: 

(a)  Junior  high  schools,  having  a  four-year  course;  and 

(b)  Senior  high  schools,  having  a  six-year  course. 

Junior  high  schools. 

Sec.  2.  Maintenance.  A  junior  high  school  may  be  main- 
tained in  any  town,  unless  by  arrangement  an  academy  in  a  town 
is  in  effect  made  the  public  school  thereof,  where  the  number  of 
secondary  school  pupils  to  be  conveniently  accommodated  shall 
reasonably  warrant  it;  but  no  academy  shall  be  regarded  as  the 
public  high  school  of  a  town,  except  upon  the  approval  of  the 
state  board  of  education. 

Sec.  3.  Instruction  outside  town.  In  a  town  where  no 
junior  high  school  is  maintained  and  where  there  is  no  academy 
answering  its  purpose,  nor  recognition  of  junior  high  school  work 
in  an  elementary  school  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section,  the  board  of  school  directors  may,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  state  board  of  education,  arrange  for  the 
instruction  of  the  town's  junior  high  school  pupils  outside  the 
town. 

Sec.  4.  Courses.  Each  junior  high  school  shall  have  a 
four-year  course,  flexible  in  character,  designed  for  the  instruction 
of  pupils  who  have  completed  an  elementary  course  of  not  less 
than  six  years,  and  suitable  to  the  number  and  needs  of  local 
pupils;  and  the  state  board  of  education  shall  arrange  for  a  course 
of  study,  including  vocational  opportunities,  appropriate  to  the 
needs  of  the  pupils  in  the  several  communities.  In  any  town 
where  a  junior  high  school  is  established  the  state  board  of  edu- 
cation shall  make  the  necessary  readjustment  of  the  course  of 
study  in  the  elementary  schools. 

Senior  high  schools. 
Sec.  5.  Establishment.  Wherever  necessity  requires  and 
the  school  directors  approve,  there  may  be  as  many  central  and 
readily  accessible  senior  high  schools,  articulating  directly  with 
all  neighboring  junior  high  schools,  as  the  number  of  pupils 
desiring  the  advanced  instruction  given  only  in  this  class  of 
schools  shall  reasonably  demand.     The  number  and  location  of 


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such  schools,  and  the  regions  to  be  served  thereby,  shall  be  de- 
termined by  the  state  board  of  education;  and  said  board  may 
designate  an  academy  as  a  senior  high  school. 

Sec.  6.  Instruction  outside  town.  In  towns  where  no 
senior  high  school  is  maintained  and  where  no  academy  is  desig- 
nated as  such,  the  board  of  school  directors  may,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  state  board  of  education,  arrange  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  town's  senior  high  school  pupils  outside  the  town. 

Sec.  7.     Courses.     Each  senior  high  school  shall  have: 

(a)  A  four-year  junior  course  of  study  as  in  the  junior  high 
school;  and 

(b)  A  two-year  senior  course  of  study,  in  advance  of  the 
junior  course  of  study,  appropriate  to  the  youth  of  seventeen  to 
nineteen  years  of  age,  who  are  fitting  for  college,  or  are  com- 
pleting a  course  of  general  education,  or  are  seeking  advanced 
vocational  education. 

Vocational  Education. 
Sec.  8.  In  junior  high  schools.  Junior  high  schools  shall 
include,  in  accordance  with  such  directions  and  regulations  as  to 
courses,  teachers  and  equipment  as  the  state  board  of  education 
may  prescribe,  within  their  courses  of  study  a  vocational  course 
in  one  or  more  of  the  following  subjects:  agriculture,  manual 
arts,  commercial  subjects  or  domestic  science,  appropriate  to  the 
needs  and  environment  of  the  particular  school. 

Sec.  9.  Expenses.  The  expense  of  maintaining  vocational 
courses  in  junior  high  schools  shall  be  borne  by  the  towns  in  which 
such  schools  are  respectively  located;  and  the  state  board  of 
education  shall  annually,  from  the  funds  hereinafter  appropriated, 
apportion  such  sums  to  reimburse  the  towns  for  such  expense  as 
will  tend  fairly  to  equalize  the  facilities  afforded  by  such  courses 
and  the  burden  of  maintaining  the  same;  and  the  state  board  of 
education  may  provide,  for  use  in  connection  with  said  schools 
and  at  the  expense  of  the  state,  such  land  as  may  be  required  for 
suitable  instruction  in  gardening  and  other  appropriate  study  in 
agriculture. 

Sec.  10.  In  senior  high  schools.  Senior  high  schools  shall 
include  within  their  courses  of  study  vocational  courses  as  follows: 

(a)  In  the  four-year  junior  division  there  shall  be  main- 
tained in  accordance  with  such  directions  and  regulations  as  to 
courses,  teachers  and  equipment  as  the  state  board  of  education 
may  prescribe,  vocational  courses  in  one  or  more  of  the  following 
subjects:  agriculture,  manual  arts,  commercial  subjects  or  domes- 
tic science,  appropriate  for  pupils  from  twelve  to  sixteen  years  of 
age. 

(b)  In  the  two-year  senior  division  there  shall  be  maintained 
advanced  vocational  courses  in  the  subjects  mentioned  in  sub- 
division (a)  hereof,  appropriate  for  pupils  qualified  for  admission 
thereto;  and  the  state  board  of  education  shall  prescribe  the 
requirements  for  such  admission. 


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Sec.  11.  Same;  teachers  and  equipment.  The  state  board 
of  education  shall  prescribe  and  supervise  the  vocational  courses 
in  senior  high  schools  and  appoint  the  teachers  therefor;  except- 
ing that  all  courses  in  agriculture,  both  in  junior  and  in  senior 
high  schools,  shall  be  approved  by  the  trustees  of  the  state  agri- 
cultural schools. 

Sec.  12.  Expenses.  The  expense  of  maintaining  voca- 
tional courses  in  senior  high  schools  shall  annually  be  apportioned 
by  the  state  board  of  education  between  the  state  and  the  town 
served  by  such  schools,  and  among  said  towns  in  such  manner 
as  will  tend  fairly  to  equalize  the  facilities  afforded  by  such 
courses  and  the  burden  of  maintaining  the  same;  and  the  state 
board  of  education  may  provide,  for  use  in  connection  with  said 
schools  and  at  the  expense  of  the  state,  such  land  as  may  be  re- 
quired for  suitable  instruction  in  gardening  and  other  appro- 
priate study  in  agriculture. 

Sec.  13.  Discretion.  All  matters  of  decision  undeter- 
mined by  the  language  of  this  act  shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the 
state  board  of  education. 

Sec.  14.  Appropriation.  For  the  purposes  of  sections  9 
and  12  of  this  act  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  an- 
nually appropriated.  The  unexpended  balance  of  this  appro- 
priation shall  every  year  be  paid  to  the  permanent  school  fund. 

Sec.  15.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  April  1,  1915. 


No.  70. 


AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  HIGHER  INSTRUCTION 
IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS,  SEMINARIES  AND  ACAD- 
EMIES AND  TO  AMEND  SECTION  1017  OF  THE 
PUBLIC  STATUTES  RELATING  THERETO. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  1017  of  the  Public  Statutes  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  1017.  Each  town  shall  maintain  a  high  school,  or, 
if  a  town  does  not  maintain  a  high  school,  it  shall  furnish  higher 
instruction  for  its  advanced  pupils  at  a  high  school,  seminary  or 
academy  to  be  selected  by  the  parents,  or  guardian  of  the  pupil, 
within  or  without  the  state,  and  each  town  shall  pay  the  tuition 
of  such  pupil  provided  the  same  does  not  exceed  thirty-six  dollars 
per  school  year,  unless  a  town  votes  to  pay  a  higher  rate  of  tuition. 
For  the  purposes  of  this  act  the  residence  of  a  child  shall  follow 
the  residence  of  the  parent  or  guardian,  except  that  in  special 


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cases  the  school  directors  may  exercise  discretionary  power  in  the 
matter  of  payment  of  tuitions.  In  case  of  a  dispute  as  to  the 
same,  an  appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  commissioner  of  education 
whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  2.  Each  town  maintaining  a  high  school  or  paying 
tuition  for  higher  instruction  in  a  high  school,  seminary  or  acad- 
emy shall  receive  from  the  state  a  rebate  for  such  higher  instruc- 
tion upon  the  following  basis:  towns  having  a  grand  list  of  five 
thousand  dollars  or  less  shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per  pupil  per 
school  year;  towns  having  a  grand  list  of  more  than  five  thousand 
dollars  and  not  more  than  seven  thousand  dollars  shall  receive 
fifteen  dollars  per  pupil  per  school  year;  towns  having  a  grand 
list  of  more  than  seven  thousand  dollars  and  not  more  than  ten 
thousand  dollars  shall  receive  ten  dollars  per  pupil  per  school 
year ;  towns  having  a  grand  list  of  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars 
and  not  more  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars  shall  receive  five 
dollars  per  pupil  per  school  year,  but  towns  having  a  grand  list  of 
more  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars  shall  receive  no  rebate.  An 
incorporated  school  district  shall  be  considered  a  town  for  the 
purpose  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  The  school  directors  of  each  town  shall  an- 
nually in  July  beginning  with  July,  1916,  certify  under  oath  to 
the  auditor  of  accounts  in  such  form  as  said  auditor  may  direct, 
the  number  of  pupils  who  have  been  furnished  with  such  higher 
instruction,  and  said  auditor  shall  thereupon  draw  his  order  in 
favor  of  each  town  for  the  amount  due  therefor. 

Sec.  4.  No  town  shall  pay  the  tuition  of  a  pupil  for 
the  first  year  of  a  four  year  course  in  any  high  school  or  academy 
until  said  pupil  has  received  a  certificate  from  the  superintendent 
stating  that  said  pupil  has  satisfactorily  completed  the  elemen- 
tary school  course  or  has  passed  an  examination  to  be  prescribed 
by  the  board  of  education  and  is  qualified  to  enter  upon  such  high 
school  course. 

Sec.  5.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed  except  that  No.  76  of  the  acts  of  1912 
in  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  consolidated  school  fund,  and  the 
method  of  distribution  thereof,  and  the  collection  of  the  state 
school  tax,  and  the  income  of  the  permanent  school  fund,  and  the 
appropriation  thereunder,  is  hereby  continued  in  full  force  and 
effect  until  the  distribution  thereunder  is  made  in  September, 
1915. 

Sec.  6.     This  act  shall  take  effect  September  1,  1915. 

Approved  April  2,  1915. 


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No.  71. 

AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  A  SUPPLEMENTARY 
READER  ON  VERMONT  INDUSTRIES  AND  RE- 
SOURCES. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  secretary  of  state,  through  the  publicity 
department  of  the  state  of  Vermont,  is  hereby  authorized  to 
compile  and  edit  a  book  or  pamphlet  on  the  agricultural  and 
other  industries  and  resources  of  Vermont  suitable  to  be  used 
as  a  supplementary  reader  in  such  grades  of  the  public  schools 
as  may  be  determined  by  the  superintendent  of  education.  The 
purchasing  agent  is  hereby  directed  to  procure  the  publication 
of  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  such  text-book  to  supply  said 
schools.  Such  copies  shall,  on  requisition  of  said  superintendent, 
be  sent  to  the  town  or  union  superintendents  in  number  sufficient 
to  supply  the  schools  of  their  respective  towns  or  unions. 

Sec.  2.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  his  orders  in 
payment  of  the  expenses  incurred  under  the  preceding  section, 
provided  that  such  expenses  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage.* 

Approved  March  9,  1915. 


No.  72. 


AN  ACT  RELATING  TO  THE  MEDICAL  INSPECTION 
OF  SCHOOLS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  school  directors  of  any  town  or  city,  or 
the  school  committee  of  any  incorporated  district,  shall  appoint 
one  or  more  medical  inspectors  for  their  schools,  provided  the 
legal  voters  of  such  town,  city,  or  incorporated  district  at  their 
annual  school  meeting  by  vote  instruct  said  directors  or  com- 
mittee so  to  do.  The  compensation  of  such  inspectors  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  school  directors  or  prudential  committee. 

Sec.  2.  Such  medical  inspectors  shall  examine  the  pupils 
of  said  schools,  and  in  all  things  comply  with  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  promulgated  by  the  state  board  of  health 
relating  thereto. 

♦Section  4,  No.  241,  Acts  of  1915. 


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Sec.  3.  Said  inspectors  shall,  under  the  same  regulations, 
examine  the  pupils  of  any  private  school  when  requested  so  to 
do  by  the  principal  thereof,  or  whenever  any  communicable 
disease  is  present  in  anj^  town  or  city  in  which  such  private  school 
may  be  located  or  when  the  pupils  thereof  may  have  been  exposed 
to  any  communicable  disease. 

Sec.  4.  When  the  parents,  guardians  or  those  having  the 
legal  control  of  any  pupil  desire  that  such  examination  be  made 
by  a  physician  other  than  the  medical  inspector  appointed  by 
the  school  directors,  such  privilege  shall  be  granted  on  written 
demand  being  made  to  the  school  directors  therefor;  and  such 
examination  when  so  >made  and  certified  to  by  such  regular 
physician  shall  be  in  lieu  of  that  made  by  the  regularly  appointed 
inspector,  and  such  examination  shall  be  without  expense  to 
the  towns. 

Sec.  5.  The  term  "medical  inspectors"  as  used  in  this  act 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  either  licensed  physicians  or  trained 
nurses. 

Sec.  6.     No.  73  of  the  acts  of  1910  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  March  30,  1915. 


No.  73. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  5  OF  NO.  81  OF  THE 
ACTS  OF  1912,  RELATING  TO  THE  CARE,  TRAINING 
AND  EDUCATION  OF  FEEBLE-MINDED  CHILDREN. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  5  of  No.  81  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  5.  Each  member  of  said  board  shall  receive  four  dol- 
lars a  day  for  services  rendered  and  necessary  expenses  when  away 
from  home  on  official  business. 

Sec.  2.    This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved   April   2,    1915. 


No.  74. 


AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  AN  ADDITIONAL  APPROPRIA- 
TION FOR  THE  STATE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AT  RANDOLPH. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.     The  sum  of  seven  thousand  dollars  is  hereby 
appropriated  in  addition  to  the  appropriation  made  by  No.  69 


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of  the  acts  of  1912,  for  the  purpose  of  building  and  equipping  a 
dormitory  for  the  state  school  of  agriculture  at  Randolph. 

Sec.  2.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw 
his  orders  upon  the  requisition  of  said  trustees  for  such  sums,  not 
exceeding  seven  thousand  dollars  in  the  whole,  as  may  be  neces- 
sary to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  1,  1915. 


No.  75. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  5  OF  NO.  62  OF  THE 
ACTS  OF  1910,  RELATING  TO  THE  CREATION  OF 
A  STATE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  5  of  No.  62  of  the  acts  of  1910  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  5.  Twelve  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated 
annually  by  the  state  for  the  maintenance  of  the  school  so 
established. 

The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  his 
order  in  such  amounts  and  at  such  times  as  the  board  of  trustees 
may  request,  not  exceeding  the  amount  of  said  appropriation. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 
Approved  March  30,  1915. 


No.  76. 


AN.  ACT  TO  CREATE  THE  THEODORE  N.  VAIL  AGRI- 
CULTURAL SCHOOL  AND  PROVIDING  FOR  THE 
MANAGEMENT  OF  THE  STATE  SCHOOLS  OF 
AGRICULTURE. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  A  state  school  of  agriculture,  to  be  known  as 
the  Theodore  N.  Vail  agricultural  school  and  farms  is  hereby 
created  and  established  at  Lyndon  for  the  purpose  of  developing 
the  agricultural  resources  of  the  state  through  practical  instruc- 
tion in  agriculture,  including  tillage,  crop-raising,  gardening, 
orcharding,  forestry,  dairying,  stock-raising,  farm  management, 
marketing  and  the  allied  subjects  of  domestic  science  and  the 
manual  arts. 


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Sec.  2.  The  Theodore  N.  Vail  agricultural  school  and  farms 
and  the  state  school  of  agriculture  at  Randolph  are  hereby  con- 
stituted the  special  agricultural  schools  of  the  state  for  the  pur- 
poses enumerated  in  section  1  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  Theodore  N.  Vail 
agricultural  school  and  farms  and  the  state  school  of  agriculture 
at  Randolph  above  specified  shall  consist  of  the  commissioner  of 
agriculture  and  the  dean  of  the  state  agricultural  college  ex-officio, 
and  three  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor;  one  whose 
term  shall  expire  January  31,  1917,  one  whose  term  shall  expire 
January  31,  1919,  and  one  whose  term  shall  expire  January  31, 
1921;  and  their  successors  shall  be  appointed  for  the  term  of  six 
years.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture  shall  be  chairman. 
The  board  shall  elect  a  vice-chairman,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
The  board  of  trustees  shall  have  the  general  care,  supervision, 
management  and  control  of  all  schools  of  agriculture  and  farms 
maintained  or  in  any  way  aided  by  the  state. 

It  shall  have  general  authority: 

(a)  To  appoint,  and,  at  its  pleasure,  remove,  a  superintend- 
ent, a  principal,  teachers,  experts  and  chemists,  and  employ  all 
necessary  laborers,  servants,  clerks  and  assistants; 

(b)  To  adopt  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management  of 
such  schools  and  farms  not  inconsistent  with  law; 

(c)  To  prescribe  the  courses  of  study  and  the  methods  of 
investigation  and  experiment  to  be  followed  in  the  schools  and 
on  the  farms  and  formulate  and  establish  the  certificates  to  be 
conferred  at  graduation; 

(d)  To  fix  the  wages  of  all  persons  appointed  or  employed 
by  them; 

(e)  To  increase  and  strengthen  the  equipment  and  teaching 
staff  of  the  schools,  and  to  revise  the  present  courses  of  instruction 
therein,  giving  special  attention  to  the  development  of  vocational 
courses  incident  to  agricultural  training; 

(f)  "To  manage  and  carry  on  all  the  lands  and  care  for  the 
buildings  covered  by  the  gift  of  Theodore  N.  Vail  and  the  state 
school  of  agriculture  at  Randolph,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  all  the 
products  of  said  schools  and  farms  as  said  trustees  may  deem  best 
and  pay  all  moneys  received  from  all  sources  in  the  care  and  man- 
agement of  said  schools  and  farms  into  the  state  treasury." 

Sec.  4.  The  trustees  appointed  by  the  governor  shall  receive 
four  dollars  for  each  day  actually  spent  and  their  necessary  ex- 
penses while  away  from  home  on  the  business  of  the  board. 

The  trustees  shall  make  full  report  biennially  to  the  general 
assembly  of  the  work  done  during  the  two  years  preceeding,  the 
condition  of  the  schools  and  their  needs,  and  the  condition  of  their 
property,  with  a  detailed  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of 
the  schools,  the  moneys  received,  from  what  sources,  and  the 
moneys  expended  and  for  what  purposes. 


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Sec.  5.  The  board  is  authorized  to  receive,  in  the  name  of 
the  state,  appropriations,  donations  and  bequests  which  may  be 
made  or  given  for  the  equipment  and  maintenance  of  the  schools 
and  farms  and  pay  the  same  into  the  state  treasury  subject  to  the 
restrictions  and  limitations  of  such  donations  and  bequests. 

Sec.  6.  The  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  receive 
all  moneys  donated  or  bequeathed  to  said  schools  and  farms  and 
the  proceeds  and  receipts  of  such  schools  and  farms  and  hold 
the  same  subject  to  the  provisions  and  limitations  of  such 
donations  and  bequests,  and  the  provisions  of  this  act,  to  the  use 
of  said  schools  and  farms  and  to  receive  any  and  all  moneys  now 
or  hereafter  appropriated  by  any  act  of  Congress,  extending  aid 
to  such  schools  and  farms  or  like  schools  and  on  the  order  of  the 
auditor  of  accounts  to  pay  the  same  or  the  income  and  profit 
thereof,  to  the  treasurer  of  said  trustees  for  the  benefit  of  said 
schools  and  farms,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  and 
according  to  the  provisions  of  said  donations  and  bequests  and  the 
provisions  of  any  and  all  acts  of  Congress,  now  or  hereafter 
passed. 

Sec.  7.  The  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  annually  appropriated  for 
the  expense  of  the  Theodore  N.  Vail  agricultural  school  and  farms 
and  the  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  orders  not 
to  exceed  such  amount  and  payable  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board, 
upon  the  requisition  of  the  superintendent  approved  by  three  of 
the  trustees. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage,  provided, 
however,  that  so  much  of  this  act  as  relates  to  the  Theodore  N. 
Vail  agricultural  school  and  farms  shall  not  take  effect  until  the 
state  has  received  from  the  Theodore  N.  Vail  a  sufficient  deed  of 
the  agricultural  school  at  Lyndon  and  the  farm  and  farm  build- 
ings at  Speedwell  in  Lyndon. 

Approved  March  31,  1915. 


No.  77. 


AN  ACT  RELATING   TO   THE   EDUCATION    OF    DEAF 
AND  BLIND  CHILDREN. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Any  deaf  or  blind  child  who  is  within  the  age 
of  legal  pupils,  as  defined  by  section  1027  of  the  Public  Statutes 
as  amended  by  section  1  of  No.  69  of  the  acts  of  1910,  and  who 
is  designated  by  the  governor  to  any  institution  for  the  education 
of  the  deaf  and  blind  in  this  state,  under  the  provisions  of  chap- 
ter 60  of  the  Public  Statutes  and  amendments  thereto,  shall 


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attend  such  designated  school  during  its  regular  sessions  for  a 
period  for  which  said  child  is  designated  unless  said  child  is 
mentally  or  physically  unable  to  so  attend  or  has  already  ac- 
quired knowledge  of  the  branches  required  to  be  taught  in  the 
public  schools  or  is  otherwise  being  furnished  with  the  same 
education,  provided  that  said  child  shall  not  be  required  to  attend 
more  than  forty  weeks  in  any  school  year. 

Sec.  2.  A  parent  or  guardian  who  neglects  or  refuses  to 
permit  a  child  to  receive  instruction,  as  specified  in  section  1  of 
this  act,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  less 
than  five  dollars  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  town  where  said  parent 
or  guardian  resides.  Justices  and  municipal  courts  shall  have 
concurrent  jurisdiction  with  the  county  court  of  offenses  arising 
under  this  act,  and  all  the  provisions  of  chapter  49  of  the  Public 
Statutes,  relating  to  complaint  and  prosecution,  shall  apply  to 
this  act. 

Approved  March  18,  1915. 


No.  78. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTIONS  13  AND  17  OF  NO.  81 
OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1912,  PROVIDING  FOR  THE 
CARE,  TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION  OF  FEEBLE- 
MINDED CHILDREN. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  13  of  No.  81  of  the  acts  of  1912  is 
hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  13.  Application  in  writing  signed  by  the  parent  or 
guardian  of  a  child  considered  a  proper  subject  to  receive  the 
benefits  of  this  act,  or  by  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  may  be  made 
to  a  judge  of  probate  for  the  district  in  which  such  child  resides 
for  an  order  of  commitment  to  said  school,  and  thereupon  such 
judge  shall  appoint  a  day  for  hearing.  If  such  application  is 
made  by  the  selectmen  of  a  town,  ten  days  notice  shall  be  given 
the  parent  or  guardian,  or  the  person  having  such  child  in  charge 
if  there  be  no  parent  or  guardian  living,  or,  if  living,  his  resi- 
dence or  domicile  is  unknown.  At  such  hearing,  the  certificates 
of  two  physicians  who  are  graduates  of  a  legally  organized  and 
approved  medical  school,  stating  that  such  child  is  a  suitable 
and  proper  subject  for  commitment  to  said  school,  shall  be  filed 
with  said  judge.  Said  judge  may  hear  any  other  testimony  he 
may  deem  proper  to  be  submitted  to  him.  If  said  judge,  after 
hearing,  is  of  the  opinion  such  child  ought  to  be  committed  to 
said  school,  he  shall  issue  an  order  of  commitment  directed  to 
said  trustees  and  attach  to  such  order  a  certified  copy,  under 
his  official  seal,  of  said  two   certificates,   and   thereupon  said 


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trustees,  if  there  be  room  in  said  school,  shall  receive  such  child 
therein. 

Sec.  2.  Section  17  of  No.  81  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  17.  A  sum  not  exceeding  sixty-five  thousand  dollars 
is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  establishment  of  such  school  to 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  real  estate,  and  for  the 
erection,  repair  and  equipment  of  buildings  and  for  the  purchase 
of  necessary  tools,  machinery  and  animals  for  the  use  of  such 
school;  and  the  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw 
his  orders  in  favor  of  the  trustees  of  such  school  for  such  amounts 
and  at  such  times  as  the  trustees  may  request.  The  auditor 
of  accounts  is  hereby  authorized  to  audit  and  allow  the  accounts 
of  said  trustees  for  the  expenses  incurred  under  the  provisions 
of  this  section. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  March  31,  1915. 


No.  79. 


AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  AN  APPROPRIATION  FOR  THE 
COLLEGE  OF  MEDICINE  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF 
VERMONT  AND  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  his  order  in 
favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and  State 
Agricultural  College  for  thirty  thousand  dollars  annually  for  the 
exclusive  use  of  the  college  of  medicine  connected  with  said  in- 
stitution in  furnishing  clinical  facilities  and  in  providing  for  med- 
ical instruction  and  the  facilities  and  equipment  therefor. 

Sec.  2.  One-half  of  such  appropriation  shall  be  payable  on 
the  first  day  of  July  and  the  other  half  on  the  first  day  of  Jan- 
uary, annually,  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  July,  1915. 

Sec.  3.  Section  2  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  2.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  annually  draw  his 
order  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and 
State  Agricultural  College  for  forty-eight  hundred  dollars  for  the 
University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College,  which 
shall  be  used  for  the  payment  of  tuition  charges  of  sixty  stu- 
dents from  Vermont  in  said  university  to  the  extent  of  eighty 
dollars  annually.  Each  senator  in  the  general  assembly  shall 
annually  on  or  before  August  first,  designate  and  appoint  two 
worthy  and  needy  students  to  said  university  and  the  scholar- 
ships thus  awarded  shall  be  for  a  period  of  two  years. 


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A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship  shall  be  filled  by  the  senator  who 
originally  made  the  appointment  or  by  his  successor.  If  a  senator 
fails  to  appoint  to  any  scholarship  before  the  beginning  of  the 
college  year  following  the  expiration  of  the  appointment  made  by 
his  predecessor,  after  notice  from  the  registrar  of  the  University  of 
Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College  of  such  expiration  and 
vacancy,  the  registrar  shall  designate  and  appoint  a  student  to 
such  scholarship. 

Sec.  4.  Section  4  of  No.  75  of  the  acts  of  1910  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  5.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  2,  1915. 


No.  80. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  5  OF  NO.  83  OF  THE 
ACTS  OF  1912,  WITH  REFERENCE  TO  APPROPRIA- 
TIONS FOR  SCHOLARSHIPS  AND  INSTRUCTION 
IN  MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  AND  TO  PROVIDE  A 
BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  PUBLIC  FUNDS  IN  SAID 
COLLEGE. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  5  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  5.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  draw  his  order  in 
favor  of  the  treasurer  of  Middlebury  college  for  twelve  thousand 
eight  hundred  dollars  annually.  One-half  of  such  appropriation 
shall  be  payable  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  the  other  half  on  the 
first  day  of  January  annually.  Ten  thousand  four  hundrad 
dollars  of  such  appropriation  shall  be  annually  expended  by  such 
institution  in  providing  instruction  in  subjects  essential  for 
students  preparing  to  teach  in  Vermont  high  schools  and  acade- 
mies. 

Two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  of  such  appropriation 
shall  be  annually  expended  by  such  institution  in  paying  the 
tuition  to  the  amount  of  eighty  dollars,  of  thirty  Vermont  stu- 
dents selected  as  follows: 

Each  senator  in  the  general  assembly  shall,  on  or  before 
August  1,  1915,  designate  a  worthy  and  needy  student  to  receive 
a  scholarship  in  said  college  and  such  appointment  shall  be  for 
one  year.  Thereafter  in  each  even  year  each  senator  in  the 
general  assembly  shall,  on  or  before  August  first,  designate  a 
student  to  receive  a  scholarship  in  said  college,  and  such  appoint- 
ment shall  be  for  two  years.  A  vacancy  in  a  scholarship  shall  be 
filled  by  the  senator  who  originally  made  the  appointment  or  by 
his  successor.  If  a  senator  fails  to  appoint  to  any  scholarship 
before  the  time  aforesaid  or  fails  to  appoint  to  fill  a  vacancy 


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within  thirty  days  after  notice  from  the  president  of  said  college 
that  a  vacancy  exists,  the  college  shall  designate  and  appoint  a 
student  to  such  scholarship. 

Sec.  2.  The  governor  shall  biennially,  in  the  month  of 
January,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate,  appoint  three 
persons  who  shall  constitute  a  board  of  trustees  of  public  funds 
of  Middlebury  college,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  two  years 
from  and  including  the  first  day  of  February  in  the  year  of  such 
appointment  and  until  their  successors  have  been  appointed. 
The  governor  shall  fill  vacancies  occurring  in  said  board. 

Sec.  3.  Said  board  shall  meet  at  said  college  during  the 
first  week  of  February  and  of  June  of  each  year  to  audit  the  ac- 
counts of  the  college  with  special  reference  to  the  expenditure  of 
money  appropriated  to  said  college.  At  its  June  meeting  this 
board  shall  supervise  the  making  of  the  college  budgets  for  the 
ensuing  year  so  far  as  said  budgets  involve  the  expenditure  of 
funds  appropriated  by  the  state  and  their  relations  to  the  general 
expenditures  of  the  college.  They  shall  make  such  other  inspec- 
tions as  they  deem  necessary  to  assure  their  intimate  knowledge 
of  the  use  made  of  such  funds  and  of  the  general  conduct  of  the 
affairs  of  said  college.  Biennially,  and  oftener  if  necessary,  prior 
to  convening  of  the  general  assembly  they  shall  make  complete 
report  of  their  findings  and  recommendations  to  the  governor. 
The  expenses  of  the  members  of  said  board  incident  to  the  duties 
of  their  office  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  the  institution. 
The  provisions  and  penalties  of  section  5962  of  the  Public  Statutes 
shall  apply  to  members  of  this  board. 

Sec.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  2,  1915. 


No.  81. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  SECTIONS  1187,  1189, 
1190,  1191  AND  1192  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES,  AS 
AMENDED  BY  SECTIONS  6,  8,  10,  11  AND  12  OF 
NO.  83  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1912,  AND  REPEALING 
SECTION  1188  OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES,  AS 
AMENDED  BY  SECTION  7  OF  NO.  83  OF  THE  ACTS 
OF  1912,  AND  ALSO  REPEALING  SECTIONS  9  AND 
14  OF  NO.  83  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1912,  RELATING  TO 
NORWICH  UNIVERSITY. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  1187  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as 
amended  by  section  6  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 


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Sec.  1187.  Each  senator  shall  annually  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  August  select  and  appoint  at  least  one  worthy  candi- 
date for  free  scholarships  provided  by  Norwich  University  in 
accordance  with  the  terms  hereinafter  named.  Said  candidates 
shall  be  residents  of  the  state  and,  if  such  apply,  of  the  county  for 
which  the  senator  is  serving;  provided  that  men  of  legal  age  shall 
not  be  eligible  for  said  appointment  unless  they  were  minor  resi- 
dents of  the  state  at  the  time  of,  or  were  qualified  to  vote  at  the 
next  preceding  general  election.  Appointments  to  fill  vacant  un- 
expired scholarships  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner. 

Sec.  2.  Section  1188  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by 
section  7  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  Section  1189  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by 
section  8  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Sec.  1189.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall  annually  draw  his 
order  in  favor  of  said  institution  for  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars;  ten  thousand  dollars  thereof  shall  be  payable  to  the 
treasurer  of  said  institution  on  the  first  day  of  July  and  of  Jan- 
uar3^,  semi-annually.  Said  appropriation  shall  be  expended  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  said  Norwich  Uni- 
versity through  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  its  instructional 
force  and  in  suitably  providing  for  the  additions  to  and  the  main- 
tenance of,  laboratories  and  equipment  for  its  work  in  engineering, 
in  the  natural  sciences,  and  in  physical  culture;  provided  that 
said  college  shall  maintain  free  scholarships  two  hundred  or  more 
in  number,  to  cover  one  hundred  dollars  of  the  yearly  expense  of 
each  student  from  Vermont  appointed  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  section  1  of  this  act. 

Sec.  4.  Section  9  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  5.  Section  1190  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by 
section  10  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  amended  so  as 
to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  1190.  A  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
money  paid  to  said  institution  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  kept  by  it  in  a  separate  and  independent  account. 

Sec.  6.  Section  1191  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended 
by  section  11  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  1191.  The  governor  shall  biennially,  during  the  session 
of  the  general  assembly,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  sen- 
ate, appoint  one  person,  who,  with  the  auditor  of  accounts  and 
the  adjutant  general  shall  compose  a  board  of  administration 
whose  term  of  office  shall  commence  upon  the  date  of  their 
appointment  and  shall  continue  until  their  successors  have  been 
appointed.  The  governor  shall  fill  vacancies  occurring  in  said 
board. 


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Sec.  7.  Section  1192  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended 
by  section  12  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  1192.  Said  board  of  administration  shall  meet  at  said 
college  during  the  first  week  of  February  and  of  August  each 
year  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  college  with  special  reference 
to  the  expenditure  of  money  appropriated  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act.  At  its  August  meeting  this  board  shall  supervise 
the  making  of  the  college  budgets  for  the  ensuing  year  so  far  as 
said  budgets  involve  the  expenditure  of  funds  appropriated  by 
the  state  and  their  relation  to  the  general  expenditures  of  the  col- 
lege. They  shall  make  such  other  inspections  as  they  deem 
necessary  to  assure  to  them  intimate  knowledge  of  the  use  made 
of  said  funds  and  of  the  general  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the 
institution.  Biennially  and  oftener,  if  necessary,  prior  to  the 
convening  of  the  general  assembly,  they  shall  make  complete 
report  of  their  findings  and  recommendations  to  the  governor. 
The  expenses  of  the  members  of  said  board  incident  to  the 
duties  of  their  office  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  the  insti- 
tution. 

Sec.  8.  Section  14  of  No.  83  of  the  acts  of  1912  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  April  2,  1915. 


No.  116. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  3477  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES  AS  AMENDED  BY  NO.  110  OF  THE  ACTS 
OF  1910  AND  BY  NO.  119  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1912, 
RELATING  TO  TOWN  OFFICERS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  3477  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended 
by  No.  110  of  the  acts  of  1910  and  No.  119  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is 
hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3477.  A  selectman  shall  not  be  first  constable,  col- 
lector of  taxes,  town  treasurer,  lister,  road  commissioner  or 
auditor;  provided,  however,  that  in  towns  having  not  more  than 
twenty-five  legal  voters,  a  selectman  may  also  be  elected  a  lister, 
or  a  road  commissioner,  or  both.  An  auditor  shall  not  be  first 
constable,  collector  of  taxes,  town  treasurer,  lister,  road  com- 
missioner or  school  director;  and  no  town  official  collecting,  han- 
dling or  disbursing  the  town's  funds  shall  be  an  auditor.  In 
towns  whose  population  exceeds  fifteen  hundred,  a  town  clerk 
shall  not  be  first  constable  or  collector  of  taxes. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  February  26,  1915. 


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No.  117. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTIONS  3498,  3509  AND  3512 
OF  THE  PUBLIC  STATUTES,  AS  AMENDED  BY 
No.  120  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1912,  RELATING  TO 
SETTLEMENT  OF  ACCOUNTS  BY  TOWN  OFFICERS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Sec.  1.     *     *     *     * 

Sec.  2.     *     *     *     * 

Sec.  3.  Section  3512  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended  by 
section  3  of  No.  120  of  the  acts  of  1912,  is  hereby  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3512  *  *  *  *  school  directors  and  *  *  *  *  shall, 
not  less  than  twenty  days  and  not  more  than  forty  days  before 
each  annual  town  meeting,  settle  their  accounts  with  the  auditors 
of  such  town.  If  any  such  officer  refuses  or  neglects  to  make 
such  settlement,  he  shall  be  ineligible  to  re-election  for  the  year 
ensuing. 

Approved  March  9,  1915. 


No.  193. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  5412  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES,  AS  AMENDED  BY  SECTION  1  OF  NO. 
215  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  1910,  RELATING  TO  PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  5412  of  the  Public  Statutes,  as  amended 
by  section  1  of  No.  215  of  the  acts  of  1910,  is  hereby  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  5412.  The  words  "public  buildings,"  as  used  in  this 
chapter,  shall  mean  churches,  court  houses,  jails,  municipal 
rooms,  state  and  county  institutions,  railroad  stations,  school 
buildings,  school  and  society  halls,  hotels  and  restaurants  more 
than  two  stories  high,  all  buildings  more  than  two  stories  high 
used  or  rented  for  tenements,  boarders  or  roomers,  and  places 
of  amusement  one  story  or  more  in  height;  also  factories,  mills, 
workshops  or  other  buildings  more  than  two  stories  high,  in  which 
persons  are  employed  above  the  second  story. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  January  29,  1915. 


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No.  195. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  SECTION  5418  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
STATUTES,  RELATING  TO  CONDEMNATION  OF 
SCHOOL  BUILDINGS. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  Section  5418  of  the  Public  Statutes  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  5418.  Said  board  may  examine  or  cause  to  be  examined 
a  school  building  or  an  outhouse  and  condemn  the  same  as  unfit 
for  occupation  or  use,  and  the  building  or  outhouse  so  condemned 
by  written  notice  served  upon  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  school 
directors  or  the  person  having  such  school  in  charge  shall  not  be 
occupied  or  used  until  the  same  is  repaired  and  the  sanitary  con- 
dition approved  by  the  state  board  of  health;  provided  that  said 
board  shall  not  issue  any  order,  the  compliance  with  which 
would  necessitate  the  expenditure  by  a  town  in  any  one  year  for 
repairing  or  erecting  school  buildings  of  a  sum  in  excess  of  twenty 
per  cent  of  the  grand  list  of  the  town.  A  person  who  violates 
a  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  fifty  dollars 
nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

Approved  March  19,  1915. 


No.  265. 


AN  ACT  TO  APPROPRIATE  MONEY  TO  THE  COM- 
MITTEE OF  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE  STATE  BOYS' 
AND  GIRLS'  AGRICULTURAL  AND  INDUSTRIAL 
EXPOSITION. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  year 
1915,  and  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  year  1916  is 
hereby  appropriated  to  the  committee  of  management  of  the 
State  Boys'  and  Girls'  Agricultural  and  Industrial  Exposition,  a 
corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  to  be  used  in 
furthering  the  expositions  to  be  held  in  this  state  in  the  years  1915 
and  1916,  said  expositions  to  be  held  solely  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
couraging various  forms  of  vocational  training  among  the  boys 
and  girls  throughout  this  state. 

Sec.  2.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  hereby  directed  to  draw 
an  order  for  five  hundred  dollars  in  each  of  the  above  named 
years,  payable  to  the  treasurer  of  said  committee  of  management 
upon  the  certificate  of  said  treasurer  that  a  like  or  greater  sum 


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has  been  raised  by  said  committee  of  management  in  each  of  said 
years  for  said  purpose,  and  that  said  exposition  has  actually  been 
held  in  Vermont  in  each  of  said  years  respectively. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  March  31,  1915. 


No.  266. 

AN   ACT  TO  APPROPRIATE  A  SUM   OF  MONEY  FOR 
THE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AT  CASTLETON. 

It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont: 

Section  1.  The  auditor  of  accounts  is  directed  to  draw  his 
order  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  education  for  the 
sum  of  seventeen  hundred  and  forty-five  dollars  and  eighty-five 
cents  to  be  expended  in  liquidating  a  deficit  already  incurred  in 
the  purchase  of  furniture  and  the  making  of  repairs  at  the  normal 
school  at  Castleton. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 
Approved  February  18,  1915. 


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INDEX. 
A. 

ACADEMIES, 

Certificate  admitting  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  70;  (p.  17). 

Junior  or  senior  high  schools,  when,  No.  69,  Sees.  2,  5;  (p.  39). 

Teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;  (p.  21). 

ACTIONS, 

School  directors'  liability  enforced  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  22;  (p.  8). 

Text-books,  etc.,  lost  or  damaged,  No.  64,  Sec.  138;  (p.  29). 

Town  may  prosecute  and  defend  as  to  school  property,  No.  64,  Sec.  164; 

(p.  33). 

ADJUTANT   GENERAL, 

Norwich  University,  member  of  board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sec.  7; 

(p.  7). 

ADVANCED    INSTRUCTION, 

Town  to  furnish,  if  no  high  school;  rebate,  No.  70;  (p.  41). 

AGE, 

School  age,  No.  64,  Sec.  47;  (p.  13);  Sec.  90;  (p.  20). 

Teachers'  retirement  fund,  limit,  No.  64,  Sec.  123;  (p.  26). 

AGRICULTURAL   AND   INDUSTRIAL    EXPOSITION, 

Appropriation  for,  No.  265;  (p.  55). 

AGRICULTURE, 

Commissioner  of,  trustee  of  state  schools,  No.  76,  Sec.  3;  (p.  46). 
Randolph,  state  school,  appropriations  for,  Nos.  74,  75;  (pp.  44,  45). 
State  schools,  what  are,  No.  76,  Sec.  2;  (p.. 46). 
Vail,  (Theodore  N.)  state  school,  No.  76;  (p.  45). 
Vocational  courses  in,  No.  69;  Sees.  8-15;  (pp.  40,  41). 

ALDERMEN, 

Special  city  meeting  called,  as  to  rural  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

APPEALS, 

Pupil's  residence,  appeal  from  school  board  as  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  49;  (p.  13). 
Transportation  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  75;  (p.  18). 

APPROPRIATIONS, 

Agricultural  and  industrial  exposition,  No.  265;  (p.  55). 
Consolidated  school  fund,  apportionment  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  177;  (p.  35). 
Middlebury  college,  No.  80,  Sec.  1;  (p.  35). 


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APPROPRIATIONS— Continued. 
Normal  schools,  No.  66;  (p.  37). 
Norwich  University,  No,  81,  Sec.  3;  (p.  52). 
School  directors  to  recommend  to  town,  No.  64,  Sec.  23;  (p.  8). 
Special,  for  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  175;  (p.  35). 
State  school  of  agriculture,  Randolph,  Nos.  74,  75;  (pp.  44,  45). 
Teachers'  retirement  fund,  No.  64,  Sec.  114  (d);  (p.  24) ;  Sec.  117;  (p.  25). 
Town,  for  school  purposes,  No.  64,  Sec.  141;  (p.  29). 
University  of  Vermont,  No.  79;  (p.  49). 
Vail  Agricultural  School,  No.  76,  Sec.  7;  (p.  47). 

Vermont  State  School  for  Feeble-Minded  Children,  No.  78,  Sec.  2;  (p.  49). 
Vocational  education,  No.  69,  Sec.  14;  (p.  41). 

AUDITOR   OF   ACCOUNTS, 

Appropriations, 

(See  Appropriations.) 
Audit  and  Orders, 

advanced  instruction,  rebate,  No.  70,  Sec.  3;  (p.  42). 

consolidated  school  fund,  orders  on,  No.  64,  Sec.  178;  (p.  36). 

state  aid  for  teachers'  salaries,  No.  64,  Sec.  109;  (p.  23). 

text-book  on  state's  resources,  etc.,  No.  71,  Sec.  2;  (p.  43). 

teachers'  retirement  fund,  No.  64;  Sec.  117;  (p.  25). 
Norwich  University,  member  of  board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sec.  6; 

(p.  52). 
Permanent  school  fund,  audit  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  162;  (p.  33). 

AUDITORS,  TOWN, 

School  directors'  statement  included  in  report  to  town,  No.  64,  Sec.  25; 

(p.  9);  No.  65;  (p.  37). 
School  accounts,  audit  of,  No.  64,  Sees.  25,  26;  (p.  9);   No.  65;   (p.  37); 

No.  117,  Sec.  3;  (p.  54). 

B. 

BANK   COMMISSIONER, 

Permanent  school  fund,  audit  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  162;  (p.  33). 

BLIND    CHILDREN, 

School  attendance;  penalty  for  parents'  neglect,  No.  77;  (p.  47). 

BOARD   OF   EDUCATION, 

(See  Education,  State  Board  of.) 

BOARD   OF  PUPILS, 

Appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (e);  (p.  35). 
Provisions  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  72,  76;  (pp.  17,  18). 

BONDS, 

Trustees  of  public  money,  No.  64,  Sec.  145;  (p.  30). 


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C. 

CENSUS, 

School  census,  No.  64,  Sees.  30,  32,  33;  (pp.  9,  10). 

CERTIFICATION   OF   TEACHERS, 

No.  64,  Sees.  91-95;  (pp.  20,  21). 

(See  Examination  and  Certification  of  Teachers.) 

CITIES, 

General  school  law  applicable  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  172;  (p.  34). 

Rural  schools,  special  meetings  to  vote  as  to  establishing,  No.  64,  Sec.  41 ; 

(p.  12). 

CLAIMS, 

Against  town,  school  expenses,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8). 

CLERK   OF   BOARD   OF   SCHOOL   DIRECTORS, 
No.  64,  Sees.  27,  et  seq;  (pp.  9,  10). 

COMMISSIONER   OF   EDUCATION, 

Appeal  from  school  board  as  to  residence,  to  determine,  No.  64,  Sec.  49; 

(p.  13). 
Appeals  as  to  transportation,  No.  64,  Sec.  75;  (p.  18). 
Appointment;  term;  removal;  qualifications,  No.  64,  Sec.  8;  (p.  7). 
Registers;  form;  supplying,  No.  64,  Sees.  77,  78;  (p.  18). 
Reports,  No.  64,  Sec.  9;  (p.  7). 
Secret  societies,  approval  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  68;  (p.  17). 
State  supervisors,  No.  64,  Sees.  39;  40;  (p.  11). 

Substituted  for  superintendent  of  education,  No.  64,  sec.  180;  (p.  36). 
Superintendents  to  report  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  36;  (p.  10). 
Teachers'  salaries,  certificate  for  state  aid,  No.  64,  Sec.  109;  (p.  23). 
Text-book  on  state's  industries,  etc.;  duties,  No.  71,  Sec.  1;  (p.  43). 
Tuition  for  advanced  instruction,  appeal,  No.  70,  Sec.  1;  (p.  41). 

COMMISSIONERS, 

Taking  land  for  school  purposes,  No.  64,  Sees.  130,  et  seq;  (p.  27). 

COMPENSATION   OF    OFFICERS, 

(See  Fees,  and  Salaries.) 

COMPLAINTS, 

Truancy  cases,  No.  64,  Sec.  57;  (p.  15). 

CONSOLIDATED   SCHOOL   FUND, 

Formed  how;  apportionment;  orders,  No.  64,  Sees.  175-178;  (pp.  35,  36). 

CONSTRUCTION   OF   GENERAL   LAW, 
No.  64,  Sec.  179;  (p.  36). 

CONTAGIOUS   DISEASES, 

School  closed  because  of,  time  counted,  No.  64,  Sec.  46;  (p.  13). 


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CONTRACTS, 

Teachers',  No.  64,  Sees.  106,  107;  (pp.  22,  23). 

COUNTY   COURTS, 

Jurisdiction, 

deaf  or  blind  children  refused  instruction,  No.  77,  Sec.  2;  (p.  48). 
taking  land  for  school  purposes;  commissioners,  No.  64,  Sees.  130,  et  seq; 

(p.  27). 
truancy  law,  No.  64,  Sec.  65;  (p.  16). 

COURSES, 

Elementary,  length  of  courses,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

Include  what,  No.  64,  Sees.  42,  44;  (p.  12). 

Junior  high  schools,  No.  69,  Sec.  4;  (p.  39). 

Music,  physical  culture,  drawing,  No.  64,  Sec.  37;  (p.  11). 

Senior  high  schools,  No.  69,  Sec.  7;  (p.  40). 

State  board  to  promulgate,  No.  64,  Sec.  42;  (p.  12). 

Teacher  training,  No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;  (p.  21). 

Vocational  courses,  No.  69,  Sees.  4,  7-14;  (pp.  39-41). 

CRIMES   AND   OFFENSES, 

Deaf  or  blind  children,  parents'  neglect  to  cause  to  be  instructed,  No.  77, 

Sec.  2;  (p.  48). 
False  information  to  clerk  of  school  board,  No.  64,  Sec.  32;  (p.  10). 
Fire  drills  in  schools,  noncompliance  with  law  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  84-86; 

(p.  19). 
Flags,  neglecting  to  display  on  school  premises,  No.  64,  Sec.  135;  (p.  28). 
Town  neglecting  as  to  United  States  deposit  money,  No.  64,  Sec.   147;. 

(p.  30). 

CRIMINAL   PROCEDURE, 

Truancy;  complaint,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sec.  57;  (p.  15). 

D. 

DAMAGES, 

Land  taken  for  school  purposes,  No.  64,  Sees.  126-133;  (pp.  26-28). 

DEAF   CHILDREN, 

School  attendance;  penalty  for  parents'  neglect,  No.  77;  (p.  47). 

DEEDS, 

Acknowledgment,  and  witnessing  town's  deed,  No.  64,  Sec.  165;  (p.  33). 

DEFINITIONS, 

"Between,"  as  to  school  age,  No.  64,  Sec.  90;  (p.  20). 

Elementary  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

Kindergartens,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

Legal  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  47;  (p.  13);  Sec.  90;  (p.  20). 

Medical  inspectors,  No.  72,  Sec.  5;  (p.  44). 

School  term;  school  closed  by  disease,  No.  64,  Sec.  46;  (p.  13). 

School  year,  No.  64,  Sec.  45;  (p.  13). 


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DIRECTORS,    BOARD   OF, 

Accounts  of,  No.  64,  Sees.  25,  26;  (p.  9);  No.  65;  (p.  37);  No.  117,  Sees. 

2,  3;  (p.  54). 
Appropriations  recommended  to  town,  No.  64,  Sec.  23;  (p.  8). 
Ballots  for,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  15;  (p.  7). 

Certificate  to  auditor,  advanced  instruction,  No.  70,  Sec.  3;  (p.  42). 
Chairman,  No.  64,  Sec.  20;  (p.  8). 
Claims  and  orders,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8). 
Clerk,  No.  64,  Sees.  27,  et  seq;  (p.  9). 
Days  and  weeks  of  session,  to  fix,  No.  64,  Sec.  45;  (p.  13). 
Designation  of  schools  to  be  attended,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;    (p.  8);   Sec.  33; 

(p.  10). 
Dividing  school  year  into  terms,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sec.  45;  (p.  13). 
Duties  generally,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8). 
Election;  term,  No.  64,  Sec.  18;  (p.  8). 
Eligibility,  No.  116;  (p.  53). 

Flags  on  school  premises;  penalty  for  neglect,  No.  64,  Sec.  135;  (p.  28). 
Instruction  outside  town  containing  no  junior  or  senior  high  schools,  No.  69, 

Sees.  3,  6;  (pp.  39,  40). 
Medical  inspectors  appointed  by,  when;  pay,  No.  72,  Sec.  1;  (p.  43). 
Music,  physical  culture  and  drawing,  instruction  furnished,  No.  64,  Sec. 

87;  (p.  20). 
Nonresident  pupils,  providing  instruction  for,  No.  64,  Sees.  60-62;    (pp. 

15,  16). 
Number  and  location  of  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8);  No.  68;  (p.  38). 
Oath,  No.  64,  Sec.  20;  (p.  8). 
Orders  drawn  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  142;  (p.  29). 
Pay,  No.  64,  Sees.  25,  26;  (p.  9). 
Personal  liability,  No.  64,  Sec.  22;  (p.  8). 
Punishment  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  66;  (p.  16). 

Pupil  physically  unable  to  attend,  outside  instruction,  No.  68;  (p.  38). 
Pupils  dismissed  with  consent  of  majority,  No.  64,  Sec.  67;  (p.  16). 
Report  of  expenditures,  No.  64,  Sec.  24;  (p.  9). 

Report  rendered  annually;  neglect,  No.  64,  Sec.  25;  (p.  9) ;  No.  65;  (p.  37). 
Residence  of  pupil,  to  determine;  appeal,  No.  64,  Sec.  49;  (p.  13). 
School  houses  and  property,  control  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;    (p.  8);   Sec.  134; 

(p.  28);  No.  67;  (p.  38). 
Secondary  schools,  classification  approved,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 
State  aid  for  teachers'  salaries,  certificate  to  procure,  No.  64,  Sec.   109; 

(P-  23). 
Superintendents  elected  by,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  37  (b);  (p.  11). 
Supervisors  act  as,  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  No.  64,  Sec.  173;  (p.  34). 
Teacher's  employment  and  pay,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;   (p.  8);  Sees.  103,  et  seq; 

(p.  22). 
Text-books,  etc.,  duties  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  136,  137,  139;  (pp.  28,  29). 
Transportation  and  board  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sees.  71,  et  seq;  (p.  17);  No. 

68;  (p.  38). 
Tuition,  discretion  as  to  paying,  No.  64,  Sec.  48;  (p.  13). 
Vacancies,  No.  64,  Sec.  19;  (p.  8). 


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DISCIPLINE, 

Corporal  punishment,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sec.  66;  (p.  16). 

Truancy  or  moral  delinquency;  penalty,  No.  64,  Sec.  63;  (p.  16). 

DOMESTIC   SCIENCE, 

Vocational  courses  in,  No.  69,  Sees.  8-15;  (pp.  40,  41). 

DRAWING, 

Instruction  in,  No.  64,  Sec.  87;  (p.  20). 

E. 

EDUCATION,   COMMISSIONER   OF, 

No.  64,  Sees.  8,  9;  (p.  7). 

(See  also  Commissioner  of  Education.) 

EDUCATION,    STATE   BOARD   OF, 

Academies,  approval  as  junior  or  senior  high  schools,  No.  69,  Sees.  2,  5; 

(p.  39). 
Appointment;  term;  vacancies,  No.  64,  Sec.  1;  (p.  5). 
Appropriation  for  administrative  and  office  purposes,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (a); 

(p.  35). 
Circulars,  etc.,  distributed  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  10;  (p.  7). 
Commissioner  of  education  appointed  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  8;  (p.  7). 
Consolidated  school  fund,  apportionment  of;  orders,  No.  64,  Sees.   177, 

178;  (pp.  35,  36). 
Courses  promulgated  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  42;  (p.  12). 
Disqualification;  removal,  No.  64,  Sec.  2;  (p.  5). 
Duties,  generally,  No.  64,  Sec.  5;  (p.  6). 

Educational  system  under  management  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  1;  (p.  5). 
Examination  and  certification  of  teachers,  No.  64,  Sees.  91-94;  (pp.  20, 21). 
High  schools  classified,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 
Inspectors,  clerks,  etc.,  employed  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  15;  (p.  7). 
Junior  high  school  courses,  No.  69,  Sec.  4;  (p.  6). 
Office  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  3;  (p.  5). 
Organization;  meetings,  No.  64,  Sec.  3;  (p.  5). 
Pay;  expenses;  supplies,  No.  64,  Sec.  4;  (p.  6). 
Regulations  made  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  6;  (p.  6). 
Report,  No.  64,  Sec.  7;  (p.  7). 
School  census,  blanks  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  30;  (p.  9). 
Secretary,  No.  64,  Sec.  8;  (p.  7). 

Superintendents;  appointment,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sees.  34,  et  seq;  (p.  10). 
Superintendents,  regional  or  state  meetings  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  38;  (p.  11). 
Teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;  (p.  21). 
Vocational  courses,  No.  69,  Sees.  4,  7-13;  (pp.  39-41). 

EDUCATIONAL   MEETINGS, 

State  board  to  arrange  for;  appropriation,  No.  64,  Sec.  5  (7) ;   (p.  6) ;   Sec. 
177  (d);  (p.  35). 


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ELEMENTARY    SCHOOLS, 

Consolidation  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  43;  (p.  12). 

Courses,  No.  64,  Sees.  42,  44;  (p.  12). 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

Number,  quality  and  location,  No.  64,  Sec.  43;  (p.  12). 

EMINENT   DOMAIN, 

School  purposes,  taking  land  for,  No.  64,  Sees.  126-133;  (pp.  26-28). 

EVENING   SCHOOLS, 

Towns  may  maintain,  No.  64,  Sec.  89;  (p.  20). 

EXAMINATION   AND    CERTIFICATION   OF   TEACHERS, 

Age  limit,  No.  64,  Sec.  95;  (p.  21). 
Certificate  required,  No.  64,  Sec.  95;  (p.  21). 
Certificates  from  other  states,  No.  64,  Sec.  93;  (p.  20). 
Clerical  assistance,  expenses,  No.  64,  Sec.  94;  (p.  21). 
State  board  to  provide  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  91;  (p.  20). 
Validity  of  previous  certificates,  No.  64,  Sec.  92;  (p.  20). 

F. 

FEEBLE-MINDED   CHILDREN, 

Pay  of  trustees  of  school  for,  No.  73;  (p.  44). 

State  school;  commitment;  appropriation,  No.  78,  Sec.  1;  (p.  48). 

FEES, 

Clerk  of  board  of  school  directors,  No.  64,  Sees.  27,  30;  (p.  9). 

Feeble-minded  children,  trustees  of  state  school  for,  No.  73;  (p.  44). 

Medical  inspectors  of  schools,  No.  72,  Sec.  1;  (p.  43). 

School  directors,  No.  64,  Sees.  25,  26;  (p.  9). 

Truant  officers,  No.  64,  Sec.  58;  (p.  15). 

Trustees  of  state  agricultural  schools,  No.  76,  Sec.  4;  (p.  46). 

FIRE   DRILLS, 

Regulations  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  84-86;  (p.  19). 

FLAGS, 

Displayed  on  school  premises;  penalty  for  neglect,  No.  64,  Sec.  135;  (p.  28). 

G. 

GOVERNOR, 

Appointments  by, 

Agricultural  schools,  trustees  of,  No.  76,  Sec.  3;  (p.  46). 

education,  state  board  of;  removal,  No.  64,  Sec.  1;  (p.  5). 

Middlebury  College,  trustees  of  public  funds  of,  No.  80,  Sec.  2;  (p.  51). 

Norwich  University,  member  of  board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sec.  6; 
(p.  52). 

trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  No.  64,  Sec.  150;  (p.  30). 
Education,  state  board  of,  removal  from,  No.  64,  Sec.  2;  (p.  5). 
Vacancies  filled  by, 

(See  Vacancies.) 


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GRAND   LIST, 

Town  school  district,  No.  64,  Sec.  140;  (p.  29). 

GRAND   JURY, 

Indictment  against  town  failing  to  expend  required  sum  for  schools,  No. 

64,  Sec.  170;  (p.  34). 
United  States  deposit  money,  to  inquire  as  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  147;  (p.  30). 

H. 

HEALTH   OFFICERS, 

Pupils  dismissed  after  consulting,  No.  64,  Sec.  67;  (p.  16). 

Pupils  examined,  as  to  ability  to  attend  school,  No.  64,  Sec.  56;  (p.  15). 

HIGH    SCHOOLS, 

Certificate  admitting  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  70;  (p.  17). 
Classification,  junior  and  senior,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 
Junior, 

academy  may  be  treated  as,  when,  No.  69,  Sec.  2;  (p.  39). 

courses,  No.  69,  Sec.  4;  (p.  39). 

designated,  when  and  how,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 

instruction  outside  town  containing  no  junior  or  senior  high  school,  No. 
69,  Sees.  3,  6;  (pp.  39,  40). 

maintenance,  No.  69,  Sec.  2;  (p.  39). 

vocational  courses  in,  No.  69,  Sees.  4,  8,  9;  (pp.  39,  40). 
Senior, 

academies  designated  as,  No.  69,  Sec.  5;  (p.  39). 

courses,  No.  69,  Sec.  7;  (p.  40). 

designated,  when  and  how,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 

establishment,  No.  69,  Sec.  5;  (p.  39). 

teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;  (p.  21). 

vocational   courses  in,  No.  69,   Sees.   7,    (b);    (p.    40);    Sees.    10-12; 
(pp.  40,  41). 
Towns  to  maintain,  or  furnish  advanced  instruction,  No.  70;  (p.  41). 

HOLIDAYS, 

Teacher  not  required  to  teach  on,  No.  64,  Sec.  Ill;  (p.  23). 

HUNTINGTON   FUND, 

Permanent  school  fund,  part  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  149;  (p.  30) ;  Sec.  155;  (p.  32). 

I. 

INCORPORATED   SCHOOL   DISTRICTS, 

Considered  as  town,  for  advanced  instruction  purposes,  No.   70,  Sec.  2; 

(p.  42). 
General  law  applicable  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  172;  (p.  34). 
Superintendents,  may  appoint  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  37;  (p.  11). 
Principals  to  answer  statistical  inquiries,  No.  64,  Sec.  31;  (p.  10). 
Voters  not  to  vote  in  town  district  meeting,  No.  64,  Sec.  13;  (p.  7). 


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INDICTMENTS, 

Towns  indictable  for  failing  to  expend  required  sum  for  schools,  No.  64, 

Sec.  170;  (p.  34). 
Towns  indictable  for  neglect  as  to  United  States  deposit  money;  penalty, 

No.  64,  Sec.  147;  (p.  30). 
Truancy  cases,  No.  64,  Sec.  57;  (p.  15). 

INFORMATIONS, 

Truancy  cases,  No.  64,  Sec.  57;  (p.  15). 

INSPECTORS, 

Medical  inspection  of  schools,  No.  72;  (p.  43). 

J. 

JUNIOR   HIGH   SCHOOLS, 

Establishment,  maintenance,  etc.,  No.  69;  (p.  39). 

JURISDICTION, 

Eminent  domain  proceedings,  lands  for  school  purposes,  No.  64,  Sees.  103, 

et  seq;  (p.  22). 
Truancy  law,  No.  64,  Sec.  65;  (p.  16). 

JUSTICES   OF   THE    PEACE, 

Jurisdiction, 

deaf  or  blind  children  refused  instruction,  No.  77,  Sec.  2;  (p.  48). 
truancy  law,  No.  64,  Sec.  65;  (p.  16). 

K. 

KINDERGARTENS, 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 


LEGAL    PUPILS, 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  47;  (p.  13);  Sec.  90;  (p.  20). 

M. 

MAYORS, 

State  school  tax,  order  for;  borrowing,  No.  64,  Sec.  169;  (p.  34). 

MANUAL   TRAINING, 

Vocational  courses  in,  No.  69,  Sees.  8-15;  (pp.  40,  41). 

MEDICAL   INSPECTION, 

Inspectors;  appointment,  pay,  duties,  etc.,  No.  72;  (p.  43). 

MEMORIAL    DAY, 

School  exercises,  No.  64,  Sec.  88;  (p.  20). 


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MIDDLEBURY   COLLEGE, 

Appropriations  for,  No.  80,  Sec.  1;  (p.  50). 
Scholarships  in,  No.  80,  Sec.  1;  (p.  50). 

Trustees  of  public  funds  of,  No.  80,  Sees.  2,  3;  (p.  51). 

MORTGAGES, 

Mortgagee  notified,  land  taken  for  school  purposes,  No.  64,  Sec.  132;  (p.  28). 

MUNICIPAL   COURTS, 

Jurisdiction, 

deaf  or  blind  children  refused  instruction,  No.  77,  Sec.  2;  (p.  48). 
truancy  law,  No.  64,  Sec.  55;  (p.  15). 

MUSIC, 

Vocal,  instruction  in,  No.  64,  Sec.  87;  (p.  20). 

N. 

NONRESIDENTS, 

Pupils,  provisions  as  to  instruction  of,  No.  64,  Sees.  60-62;  (pp.  15,  16). 
Teacher  training  courses  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  100;  (p.  21). 

NORMAL   SCHOOLS, 

Appropriations  for,  No.  66;  (p.  37);  No.  266;  (p.  56). 

NORWICH   UNIVERSITY, 

Board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sees.  6,  7;  (pp.  52,  53). 
Record  of  receipts  and  expenditures,  No.  81,  Sec.  5;  (p.  52). 
Scholarships  in,  No.  81,  Sec.  1;  (p.  51). 

NURSES, 

Trained,  may  be  medical  inspectors  of  schools,  No.  72,  Sec.  5;  (p.  44). 

o. 

OVERSEERS   OF   POOR, 

Clothing  provided  for  needy  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  59;  (p.  15). 

P. 
PENSIONS, 

Teachers',  towns  may  vote;  limit,  No.  64,  Sees.  112,  113;  (pp.  23,  24). 

PERMANENT   SCHOOL   FUND, 

Audit,  No.  64,  Sec.  162;  (p.  33). 

How  constituted,  No.  64,  Sec.  149;  (p.  30). 

Huntington  fund  part  of,  No.  64,  Sees.  149,  155;  (pp.  30,  32). 

Invested  how,  No.  64,  Sec.  152;  (p.  31). 

Trustees, 

accountable  for  United  States  deposit  money,  No.  64,  Sec.  160;  (p.  33). 

appointment;  term,  No.  64,  Sec.  150;  (p.  30). 

duties,  No.  64,  Sec.  152;  (p.  31). 

expenses,  No.  64,  Sec.  153;  (p.  31). 

organization:  meetings,  No.  64,  Sec.  151;  (p.  31). 


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PERMANENT   SCHOOL   FUND— Continued. 

Trustees — Continued. 

report,  No.  64,  Sec.  161;  (p.  33). 
secretary,  No.  64,  Sec.  154;  (p.  31). 
vacancies,  No.  64,  Sec.  154;  (p.  31). 
Unexpended  balance,  appropriation  for  vocational  education,  No.  69,  Sec. 

14;  (p.  41). 
United  States  deposit  money  part  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  149;  (p.  30);  Sees.  156, 
et  seq;  (p.  32). 

PHYSICAL    CULTURE, 

Instruction  in,  No.  64,  Sec.  87;  (p.  20). 

POLL   TAXES, 

Women  not  required  to  pay,  No.  64,  Sec.  16;  (p.  8). 

PROBATE   COURTS, 

Feeble-minded  children,  commitment  of,  No.  78,  Sec.  1;  (p.  48). 

PUBLIC   SCHOOLS, 

Classification,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

PUPILS, 

Attendance,  requirements  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  50,  51;  (p.  14). 

Clothing  provided  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  59;  (p.  15). 

Deaf  and  blind,  attendance  of,  No.  77;  (p.  47). 

Dismissal,  No.  64,  Sec.  67;  (p.  38). 

Elementary  course  completed,  admitted  to  secondary;  certificate,  No.  64, 

Sec.  70;  (p.  17). 
Excused  from  attendance,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  52;  (p.  14). 
Instruction  outside  town,  when  no  junior  or  senior  high  school,  No.  69,  Sees. 

3,  6;  (pp.  39,  40). 
Legal,  defined;  school  age,  No.  64,  Sec.  47;  (p.  13);  Sec.  90;  (p.  20). 
List  of  children  of  school  age,  No.  64,  Sec.  30;  (p.  9). 

Medical  examination,  as  to  ability  to  attend  school,  No.  64,  Sec.  56;  (p.  15). 
Moral  delinquency;  penalty,  No.  64,  Sec.  63;  (p.  16). 
Xon-attendance,  proceedings  on,  No.  64,  Sees.  53-55;  (pp.  14,  15). 
Nonresidents,  provisions  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  60-62;  (pp.  15,  16). 
Parent,  etc.,   neglecting  to  send,  prosecuted;  penalty,  No.   64,  Sec.   54; 

(p.  14);  Sec.  65;  (p.  37). 
Physically  unable  to  attend,  instruction  outside,  No.  68;  (p.  38). 
Punishment,  No.  64,  Sec.  66;  (p.  16). 
Residence,  determined  how,  No.  64,  Sees.  48,  49;  (p.  13). 
Schools  to  attend  designated  by  directors,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8). 
Secret  societies,  restrictions  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  68,  69;  (p.  17). 
Transportation  and  board,  No.  64,  Sees.  71-76;  (pp.  17,  18). 
Truancy,  penalty  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  63;  (p.  16). 
Tuition  of  nonresident  pupils,  No.  64,  Sees.  60,  61;  (pp.  15,  16). 

PURCHASING   AGENT, 

Text-book  on  state's  resources,  etc.,  to  procure  publication,  No.  71,  Sec.  1; 

(p.  43). 


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R. 

RANDOLPH   AGRICULTURAL   SCHOOL, 

Appropriations  for,  Nos.  74,  75;  (pp.  44,  45). 

REBATES, 

Towns  furnishing  advanced  instruction,  No.  70,  Sees.  2-4;  (p.  42). 

REGISTERS,   SCHOOL, 

Commissioner  to  prepare  forms,  No.  64,  Sec.  77;  (p.  18). 

Completion  and  filing,  No.  64,  Sec.  81;  (p.  19). 

List  furnished  by  board  inscribed  in,  No.  64,  Sec.  33;  (p.  10). 

Superintendent  to  examine,  No.  64,  Sec.  80;  (p.  19). 

Supplying  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  78;  (p.  18). 

Teachers  to  procure  and  keep,  No.  64,  Sec.  79;  (p.  18). 

REMOVAL  FROM   OFFICE, 

Commissioner  of  education,  No.  64,  Sec.  8;  (p.  7). 
Education,  state  board  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  2;  (p.  5). 
School  superintendents,  No.  64,  Sec.  36;  (p.  10). 

REPEAL, 

Provisions  of  general  law,  No.  64,  Sees.  179,  181;  (p.  36). 

REPORTS, 

Commissioner  of  education,  No.  64,  Sec.  9;  (p.  7). 

Education,  state  board  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  7;  (p.  7). 

Middlebury  College,  trustees  of  public  funds  of,  No.  80,  Sec.  3;  (p.  51). 

Norwich  University,  board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sec.  7;  (p.  53). 

School  directors,  No.  64,  Sec.  24;  (p.  9). 

School  superintendents,  No.  64,  Sec.  36;  (p.  10). 

Teachers'  retirement  fund  board,  No.  64,  Sec.  118;  (p.  25). 

Town  treasurer,  as  to  school  money,  No.  64,  Sec.  143;  (p.  29). 

Trustees  of  permanent  school  fund,  No.  64,  Sec.  161;  (p.  33). 

Trustees  of  state  agricultural  schools,  No.  76,  Sec.  4;  (p.  46). 

RESIDENCE, 

Pupil  desiring  advanced  instruction,  No.  70,  Sec.  1;  (p.  41). 
Pupil's,  how  determined,  No.  64,  Sees.  48,  49;  (p.  13). 

RETIREMENT   FUND, 

Teachers',    establishment    and    maintenance,    No.    64,     Sees.     114-125; 
(pp.  24-26). 

RURAL   SCHOOLS, 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  105;  (p.  22). 
Establishment  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  41 ;  (p.  12). 

s. 

SALARIES, 

Education,  state  board  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  4;  (p.  6). 

Feeble-minded  children,  trustees  of  state  school  for,  No.  73;  (p.  44). 


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SALARIES — Continued. 

State  supervisors,  No.  64,  Sec.  39;  (p.  11). 
School  superintendents,  No.  64,  Sec.  37;  (p.  11). 
Teachers,  generally,  No.  64,  Sees.  103,  et  seq;  (p.  22). 
Teachers  in  teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sec.  101;  (p.  21). 
Teachers',  state  appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (b);  (p.  35). 
Trustees  of  state  agricultural  schools,  No.  76,  Sec.  4;  (p.  46). 

SCHOLARSHIPS, 

Middlebury  College,  No.  80,  Sec.  1;  (p.  50). 
Norwich  University,  No.  81,  Sec.  1;  (p.  51). 
University  of  Vermont,  No.  79,  Sec.  3;  (p.  49). 

SCHOOL  HOUSES  AND  PROPERTY, 

Condemnation  of,  No.  195;  (p.  55). 

Directors'  powers  as  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8);  Sec.  134;  (p.  28);  No.  67; 

(p.  38). 
Land  for  school  purposes,  taking,  No.  64,  Sees.  126-133;  (pp.  26-28). 
Public  buildings  include  school  houses,  No.  193;  (p.  54). 
Tax  raised  to  buy,  hire,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sec.  17;  (p.  8);  Sec.  134;  (p.  28). 
Town  to  take  charge  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  14;  (p.  7). 
Towns  to  provide  buildings,  No.  64,  Sec.  134;  (p.  28);  No.  67;  (p.  38). 

SCHOOL  MONEY, 

Appropriations,  directors  to  recommend,  No.  64,  Sec.  23;  (p.  8). 

Auditor  to  draw  orders  on  consolidated  school  fund,  No.  64,  Sec.  178;  (p.  36). 

Consolidated  school  fund;  apportionment;  orders,  No.  64,  Sees.  175-178; 

(pp.  35,  36). 
Grand  jury  to  investigate  as  to,  No.  64,  Sec.  170;  (p.  34). 
Permanent  school  fund,  No.  64,  Sees.  149-162;  (pp.  30-33). 

(See  Permanent  School  Fund.) 
Securities  and  moneys  kept  how,  No.  64,  Sec.  166;  (p.  33). 
State  school  tax,  No.  64,  Sees.  167-169;  (p  34). 
Special  appropriation,  No.  64,  Sec.  174;  (p.  35). 
Superintendents  to  inquire  as  to  expenditure;  complaint,  No.  64,  Sec.  171; 

(p.  34). 
Town  not  entitled  to,  unless  directors  report  expenditures,  No.  64,  Sec.  24; 

(p.  9). 
Town  school  fund,  No.  64,  Sees.  163-166;  (p.  33). 
United  States  deposit  money,  No.  64,  Sees.  144-148;  (pp.  29,  30). 

(See  United  States  Deposit  Money.) 

SCHOOL  TERM, 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  46;  (p.  13). 

SCHOOL   YEAR, 

Defined,  No.  64,  Sec.  45;  (p.  13). 

SECONDARY   SCHOOLS, 

Division  into  junior  and  senior  high  schools,  No.  69,  Sec.  1;  (p.  39). 

(See  Academies,  and  High  Schools.) 


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SECRET   SOCIETIES, 

Regulation  of,  in  public  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  68;  (p.  17). 

SECRETARY  OF  STATE, 

Resources  and  industries  of  state,  text-book  on,  No.  71;  (p.  43). 

SELECTMEN, 

Investment  of  school  funds,  No.  64,  Sees.  162,  163;  (p.  33). 

School  district  meetings,  duties,  No.  64,  Sec.  12;  (p.  7). 

School  purposes,  taking  land  for,  No.  64,  Sees.  126,  et  seq;  (p.  26). 

Selling  or  leasing  real  estate;  deeds,  No.  64,  Sees.  164,  165;  (p.  33). 

Special  town  meeting  called,  as  to  rural  schools,  No.  64,  Sec.  41;  (p.  12). 

State  school  tax,  order  for;  borrowing,  No.  64,  Sec.  169;  (p.  34). 

Town  school  property  and  funds,  charge  of;  actions,  No.  64,  Sees.  162,  163; 

(p.  33). 
Vacancies  in  school  board  filled  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  19;  (p.  8). 

SEMINARIES, 

Teacher  training  courses,    No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;  (p.  21). 

SENATORS, 

Scholarships, 

Middlebury  College,  No.  80,  Sec.  1;  (p.  50). 
Norwich  University,  No.  81,  Sec.  1;  (p.  51). 
University  of  Vermont,  No.  79,  Sec.  3;  (p.  49). 

SENIOR   HIGH   SCHOOLS, 

Establishment,  maintenance,  etc.,  No.  69;  (p.  39). 

STATE   BOARD   OF   EDUCATION, 

(See  Education,  State  Board  of.) 

STATE   SCHOOL  TAX, 

Assessment,  apportionment  and  collection,  No.  64,  Sees.  167-169;  (p.  34). 

STATE   SCHOOLS   OF   AGRICULTURE, 

Appropriations  for,  Randolph,  Nos.  74,  75;  (pp.  44,  45). 

Special  agricultural  schools  of  state,  what  are,  No.  76,  Sec.  2;  (p.  46). 

Vail  school;  creation,  management,  maintenance,  No.  76;  (p.  45). 

STATE   TREASURER, 

Agricultural  schools,  to  receive  moneys  given  to,  No.  76,  Sec.  6;  (p.  47). 
State  school  tax  apportioned  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  168;  (p.  34). 
Teachers'  retirement  fund,  ex  officio  treasurer  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  118;  (p.  25). 
United   States   deposit   money,    duties   as   to,    No.   64,    Sees.    144,    148; 
(pp.  29,  30). 

SUMMER    SCHOOLS, 

State  board  to  arrange  for;  appropriation,  No.  64,  Sec.  5  (7);  (p.  6);   Sec. 

177  (d);  (p.  35). 


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SUPERINTENDENTS   OF   SCHOOLS,  » 

Appointment,  jurisdiction,  No.  64,  Sec.  34;  (p.  10);  Sec.  37  (b);  (p.  11). 

Appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (b);  (p.  35). 

Certificate  admitting  pupil  to  secondary  school,  No.  64,  Sec.  70;  (p.  17). 

Certificate  to  pupil  desiring  advanced  instruction,  No.  70,  Sec.  4;  (p.  42). 

Clothing  for  needy  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  59;  (p.  15). 

Designation  of  school  approved  by,  No.  64,  Sec.  33;  (p.  10). 

Directors  elect  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  37  (b);  (p.  11). 

Dismissal  or  suspension  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sees.  67,  69;  (pp.  16,  17). 

Dismissal  of  school,  may  authorize,  No.  64,  Sec.  Ill;  (p.  23). 

Inquiry  as  to  expenditure  of  school  money;  complaint,  No.  64,  Sec.  171; 

(p.  34). 
Nonresident  pupils,  authority  over,  No.  64,  Sec.  62;  (p.  16). 
Punishment  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  66;  (p.  16). 
Regional  or  state  meetings,  expenses,  No.  64,  Sec.  38;  (p.  11). 
Registers,  duties  as  to,  No.  64,  Sees.  78-81;  (pp.  18,  19). 
Report  to  include  detail  as  to  transportation  and  board,  No.  64,  Sec.  76; 

(P-  18). 
Reports,  No.  64,  Sec.  36;  (p.  10). 
Salaries,  No.  64,  Sec.  37;  (p.  11). 
Secret  societies,  approval  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  68;  (p.  17). 
State  supervisors  to  cooperate  with,  No.  64,  Sec.  40;  (p.  11). 
Term;  removal;  transfer;  promotion;  vacancies,  No.  64,  Sec.  35;  (p.  10). 
Text-book  on  state's  resources,  etc.,  requisition  for,  No.  71,  Sec.  1 ;  (p.  43). 
Town  or  incorporated  district  may  appoint  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  37;  (p.  11). 
Truancy,  duties  in  case  of,  No.  64,  Sees.  54-57;  (pp.  14,  15). 

SUPERVISORS,    STATE, 

Appointment,  duties,  etc.,  No.  64,  Sees.  39,  40;  (p.  11). 

T. 

TAXATION, 

Local, 

appropriations  recommended  by  board,  No.  64,  Sec.  23;  (p.  8). 

grand  list,  No.  64,  Sec.  140;  (p.  29). 

school  buildings,  etc.,  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  134;  (p.  28);  No.  67;  (p.  38). 

town  may  raise  tax,  No.  64,  Sec.  17;  (p.  8). 
State  School  Tax, 

apportionment,  No.  64,  Sec.  168;  (p.  34). 

assessment,  No.  64,  Sec.  167;  (p.  34). 

payment,  No.  64,  Sec.  169;  (p.  34). 

warrant,  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  168;  (p.  34). 

TEACHERS, 

Age  limit,  for  certificate  or  permit,  No.  64,  Sec.  95;  (p.  21). 
Contracts,  No.  64,  Sees.  106,  107;  (pp.  22,  23). 
Directors  to  employ  and  fix  wages,  No.  64,  Sec.  21;  (p.  8). 
Examination  and  certification,  No.  64,  Sees.  91-95;  (pp.  20,  21). 
Pensions  and  retirement  fund,  No.  64,  Sees.  112-125;  (pp.  23-26). 
Punishment  of  pupils,  No.  64,  Sec.  66;  (p.  16). 


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TEACHERS— Continued. 

Registers,  keeping,  No.  64,  Sec.  79;  (p.  18). 

Salaries,  generally,  No.  64,  Sees.  103,  et  seq;  (p.  22). 

Salaries,  payable  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  108;  (p.  23). 

Salaries,  state  appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (f);  (p.  35). 

Salaries,  teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sec.  101;  (p.  21). 

State  aid  for  salaries,  No.  64,  Sec.  104;  (p.  22);  Sec.  109;  (p.  23). 

Teacher  training  courses,  No.  64,  Sees.  96-102;    (p.  21);   Sec.  177  (c); 

(p.  35). 
Time  allowed,  educational  meeting  and  holidays,  No.  64,  Sees.  110,  111; 

(p.  23). 
Vocational  courses,  No.  69,  Sees.  10-12;  (pp.  40,  41). 
Wages  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  21,  101,  103,  et  seq;  (pp.  8,  21,  22). 

TEXT-BOOKS,   APPLIANCES  AND   SUPPLIES, 

Care  and  custody,  No.  64,  Sec.  137;  (p.  28). 

Directors  to  furnish  at  town's  expense,  No.  64,  Sec.  136;  (p.  28). 

Loss,  etc.,  liability,  No.  64,  Sec.  138;  (p.  29). 

Nonresident  pupils  furnished,  No.  64,  Sec.  137;  (p.  28). 

Selection,  No.  64,  Sec.  139;  (p.  29). 

Supplementary  reader  on  state's  industries  and  resources,  No.  71;  (p.  43). 

TOWN   CLERKS, 

School  district  clerks,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  12;  (p.  7). 
School  returns;  fees,  No.  64,  Sees.  82,  83;  (p.  19). 

TOWN  SYSTEM, 

Ballots  at  meetings,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  15;  (p.  7). 

Debts  outstanding  paid  by  town,  No.  64,  Sec.  14;  (p.  7). 

Meetings,  warning  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  12;  (p.  7). 

School  property,  charge  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  14;  (p.  7). 

Taxation,  No.  64,  Sec.  17;  (p.  8). 

Town  clerk  acts  as  district  clerk,  when,  No.  64,  Sec.  12;  (p.  7). 

Town  to  constitute  district,  No.  64,  Sec.  11;  (p.  7). 

Voters,  No.  64,  Sees.  13,  16;  (pp.  7,  8). 

Women  may  vote  and  hold  office,  No.  64,  Sec.  16;  (p.  8). 

TOWN   TREASURERS, 

School  money,  account  of;  report,  No.  64,  Sees.  142,  143;  (p.  29). 
State  school  tax,  notice  to  selectmen,  No.  64,  Sec.  169;  (p.  34). 

TOWNS, 

Action  against  school  directors,  No.  64,  Sec.  22;  (p.  8). 

Indictment  for  neglect  as  to  United  States  deposit  money;  penalty,  No.  64, 

Sec.  147;  (p.  30). 
Indictment  for  neglect  to  expend  required  sum,  No.  64,  Sec.  170;  (p.  34). 
Rural  schools,  special  meeting  to  vote  as  to  establishing,  No.  64,  Sec.  41; 

(p.  12). 
School  funds,  No.  64,  Sees.  163-166;  (p.  33). 


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TRANSPORTATION   AND   BOARD   OF    PUPILS, 

Appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (e);  (p.  35). 

Board  in  lieu  of  transportation,  No.  64,  Sec.  72;  (p.  17) ;  No.  68;  (p.  38). 
Directors  to  have  charge  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  71;  (p.  17);  No.  68;  (p.  38). 
Disagreement  as  to,  appeal,  No.  64,  Sec.  75;  (p.  18). 
Expense  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  73;  (p.  17);  No.  68;  (p.  38). 

Transportation,   pupils  entitled   to,   No.   64,   Sees.  72,  74;  (pp.  17,  18): 
No.  68;  (p.  38). 

TRUANT  OFFICERS, 

Neglect  of  duty;  penalty;  jurisdiction,  No.  64,  Sees.  64,  65;  (p.  16). 
Powers  and  duties;  pay,  No.  64,  Sees.  53-58;  (pp.  14,  15). 
Unorganized  towns  and  gores,  No.  64,  Sec.  173;  (p.  34). 

TRUANTS, 

Penalty,  No.  64,  Sec.  63;  (p.  16). 

TRUSTEES, 

State  agricultural  school,  No.  76,  Sees.  3,  et  seq;  (p.  46). 
United  States  deposit  money,  No.  64,  Sec.  145;  (p.  30). 

TUITION, 

Advanced  instruction;  rebate,  etc.,  No.  70;  (p.  41). 
Nonresident  pupils,  No.  64,  Sees.  60,  61;  (pp.  15,  16). 

u. 

UNITED   STATES   DEPOSIT   MONEY, 

Apportionment,  No.  64,  Sec.  144;  (p.  29). 

Excess  and  deficiency,  No.  64,  Sec.  144;  (p.  29). 

Permanent  school  fund,  part  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  149;  (p.  30) ;  Sees.  156,  et  seq; 

(p.  32). 
State  treasurer  to  adjust  accounts,  No.  64,  Sec.  148;  (p.  30). 
State  treasurer  to  receive,  No.  64,  Sec.  144;  (p.  29). 
Towns  accountable;  indictment,  No.  64,  Sees.  146,  147;  (p.  30). 
Trustees;  vacancies,  No.  64,  Sec.  145;  (p.  30). 

UND7ERSITY  OF  VERMONT  AND  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COL- 
LEGE, 

Appropriations  for,  No.  79;  (p.  49). 

Dean  of  agricultural  college  trustee  of  state  schools,  No.  76,  Sec.  3;  (p.  46). 

Scholarships  in;  vacancies,  No.  79,  Sec.  3;  (p.  49). 

UNORGANIZED   TOWNS   AND   GORES, 

Supervisors'  duties,  No.  64,  Sec.  173;  (p.  34). 

V. 

VACANCIES, 

Education,  state  board  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  1;  (p.  5). 

Middlebury  College,  trustees  of  public  funds  of,  No.  80,  Sec.  2;  (p.  51). 


74 

VACANCIES— Continued. 

Norwich  University,  board  of  administration,  No.  81,  Sec.  6;  (p.  52). 
Permanent  school  fund,  trustees  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  154;  (p.  31). 
Scholarships  in  colleges,  etc.,  No.  79,  Sec.  3 ;  (p.  49) ;  No.  80,  Sec.  1 ;  (p.  50) ; 

No.  81,  Sec.  1;  (p.  51). 
School  directors,  board  of,  No.  64,  Sec.  19;  (p.  8). 

VAIL,    (THEODORE   N.)    AGRICULTURAL   SCHOOL, 

Creation,  management  and  maintenance,  No.  76;  (p.  45). 

VERMONT  STATE  SCHOOL  FOR  FEEBLE-MINDED  CHILDREN, 

Application  for  commitment  to,  No.  78,  Sec.  1;  (p.  48). 
Appropriation,  No.  78,  Sec.  2;  (p.  49). 
Pay  of  trustees  of,  No.  73:  (p.  44). 

VOCATIONAL   EDUCATION, 

Junior  and  senior  high  schools,  courses  in,   expenses,  etc.,  No.  69,  Sees. 
3-15;  (pp.  39-41). 

VOTERS, 

School  district  meetings,  No.  64,  Sees.  13,  16;  (pp.  7,  8). 

w. 

WAGES, 

Teacher's,  No.  64,  Sees.  21,  101,  103,  et  seq;  (pp.  8,  21,  22). 

Teacher's,  state  appropriation  for,  No.  64,  Sec.  177  (f);  (p.  35). 

WOMEN, 

Voting  and  holding  office,  in  school  districts;  poll  tax  not  required,  No.  64, 
Sec.  16;  (p.  8). 


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